If a person loses welfare income due to a work-related sanction, is the person eligible for the income disregard if they obtain employment?
A20: The individual receives the benefit of the disregard when they go to work if the person received TANF benefits within the previous 6 months (including such benefits and services as one time payments, wage subsidies and transportation assistance that total at least $500 over a 6 month period). The purpose of the policy of not reducing a tenant’s rent, when the tenant experiences a work-related sanction, is to reinforce the welfare agency’s incentives for the tenant to obtain employment. If the individual obtains employment, the policy has achieved its intended result. EXAMPLE: A family’s $500/month TANF benefits were terminated in October 1999 due to failure cooperate with work requirements. Under the new imputed welfare income policy, the PHA kept the family’s rent at the prior level of $125/month. While the family was still subject to the welfare sanction, in December 1999, the mother got a part-time job earning $700/month. Since the mother began employment within 6 months of rec
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