Are PHAs required to provide tenants with notice about the new mandatory income disregard policy?
A26: As part of the information given to tenants under the rent choice requirement, the PHA must explain the income disregard policy to the tenant and provide a written notice of the income-based rent as calculated by the PHA. The determination of the income-based rent must include the proper treatment of income under all applicable disregard policies. Q27: Can a tenant who is informed he/she has a new job (that would qualify for the disregard) starting in a few weeks choose to pay the rent increase and have the equivalent funds place in an Individual Savings Account (ISA) instead of receiving the disregard? A27: If the PHA offers a choice between the new optional ISA and the earned income disregard then the tenant has the option to request that the funds that would otherwise be disregarded be placed in the ISA on their behalf. CFR 24 960.255(d) states “As an alternative to the disallowance of increases in income as a result of employment a PHA may choose to provide for individual savi
