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NAN MCKAY HCV SPECIALIST EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Annual Tasks - correct answer -Head, spouse, and all adult family
members sign consent forms.
The family reporting current income, assets, expenses, and other
factors that affect adjusted income.
PHA obtaining and documenting verification of changes in
income, assets, expenses, and other factors that affect adjusted
income.
Inspections - correct answer -Can be annual or biennial or both.
For PHA-owned units an independent entity inspects
HUD-9886 - correct answer -Authorization for release of
information
Privacy Act Notice
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Request wage information using the EIV rom current and former
employers. Needs to be signed by all adults and needed at
recertification.
If a participant in the HCV program refuses to sign at annual
recertification, the PHA must terminate assistance
Termination - correct answer -If a member of the household has
ever been convicted for producing meth on the premises offed
assisted housing.
Absence - correct answer -A family may be absent from the unit
for brief periods not more than 180 consecutive calendar days.
Informal Hearing - correct answer -Required when the PHA is
terminating the family for family action or inaction
May request if the family doesn't agree with HAPs explanation of:
Family's annual or adjusted income used to compute HAP
Appropriate utility allowance from schedule used for the family
Voucher size for the family.
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Not required for:
Gen policy issues and class grievances
Est. of the utility allowance schedules
Refusal to extend voucher
Decision not to approve unit or lease
Portability - correct answer -Process of leasing or purchasing a
dwelling unit with tenant-based assistance outside the jurisdiction
of the PHA that initially issues the family it's voucher.
Portability Facts - correct answer -A PHA:
May prohibit more than one move within the PHA's jurisdiction
during any one year period.
May establish a policy to prohibit moves during the initial lease
term.
May prohibit more than one move outside of the PHA's
jurisdiction during any one year period.
Must permit portability if a family moved in violation of the lease
due to DV.
If neither the head or spouse already had a legal residence in the
PHA's jurisdiction at the time the family first applied for assistance
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with the PHA, during the12-month period from the time the family
is admitted to the program:
The family may lease a unit anywhere in the PHA's jurisdiction
The family does not have a right to portability
The initial PHA may choose to allow portability during this Period
if the receiving PHA agrees
Improper denial may result in admin fee reductions
HUD-52665 - correct answer -Family Portability Information Form
Send copy of voucher, income verification, and this
Used for Porting the Voucher. Part I is to be completed by the
IHA. Part II is completed by RHA.
HUD-50058 - correct answer -Family Report
Created every time the Family is certified. When porting you must
send this for participants. Applicants you send it using this format.
NAN MCKAY HCV SPECIALIST EXAM
2026 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS| ACE
YOUR GRADES.
Annual Tasks - correct answer -Head, spouse, and all adult family
members sign consent forms.
The family reporting current income, assets, expenses, and other
factors that affect adjusted income.
PHA obtaining and documenting verification of changes in
income, assets, expenses, and other factors that affect adjusted
income.
Inspections - correct answer -Can be annual or biennial or both.
For PHA-owned units an independent entity inspects
HUD-9886 - correct answer -Authorization for release of
information
Privacy Act Notice
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Request wage information using the EIV rom current and former
employers. Needs to be signed by all adults and needed at
recertification.
If a participant in the HCV program refuses to sign at annual
recertification, the PHA must terminate assistance
Termination - correct answer -If a member of the household has
ever been convicted for producing meth on the premises offed
assisted housing.
Absence - correct answer -A family may be absent from the unit
for brief periods not more than 180 consecutive calendar days.
Informal Hearing - correct answer -Required when the PHA is
terminating the family for family action or inaction
May request if the family doesn't agree with HAPs explanation of:
Family's annual or adjusted income used to compute HAP
Appropriate utility allowance from schedule used for the family
Voucher size for the family.
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Not required for:
Gen policy issues and class grievances
Est. of the utility allowance schedules
Refusal to extend voucher
Decision not to approve unit or lease
Portability - correct answer -Process of leasing or purchasing a
dwelling unit with tenant-based assistance outside the jurisdiction
of the PHA that initially issues the family it's voucher.
Portability Facts - correct answer -A PHA:
May prohibit more than one move within the PHA's jurisdiction
during any one year period.
May establish a policy to prohibit moves during the initial lease
term.
May prohibit more than one move outside of the PHA's
jurisdiction during any one year period.
Must permit portability if a family moved in violation of the lease
due to DV.
If neither the head or spouse already had a legal residence in the
PHA's jurisdiction at the time the family first applied for assistance
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with the PHA, during the12-month period from the time the family
is admitted to the program:
The family may lease a unit anywhere in the PHA's jurisdiction
The family does not have a right to portability
The initial PHA may choose to allow portability during this Period
if the receiving PHA agrees
Improper denial may result in admin fee reductions
HUD-52665 - correct answer -Family Portability Information Form
Send copy of voucher, income verification, and this
Used for Porting the Voucher. Part I is to be completed by the
IHA. Part II is completed by RHA.
HUD-50058 - correct answer -Family Report
Created every time the Family is certified. When porting you must
send this for participants. Applicants you send it using this format.
