NAN MCKAY HOUSING CHOICE
VOUCHER SPECIALIST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
Owner responsibilities - ANS Selects and screens tenants
Enforces lease
State responsibilities - ANS Passes legislation establishing PHAS
PHA administrative plan - ANS establishes local policies for administering the HCV program
HUD vs ADA definition of disability - ANS HUD definition is more specific, used for eligibility
determination and allowances/deductions
ADA definition - broader, used for reasonable accommodations
Live in aide - ANS would not be living in the unit except to provide necessary supportive
services
Occupancy cycle - ANS Intake - preapplication, waiting list, needs estimation, final eligibility
determination
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,Initial lease-up - briefing & voucher issuance, RFTA and lease approval submitted, HQS
inspection, approval & execution, moves
Annual Activities - recerts, HQS (biennially), rent adjustment
Moves
Interim activities - interem recerts, HQS compliance
Terminations - HCV violation, lease termination, HAP contract termination
Certification of preference + waitlist addition - ANS At time of initial app, need only certify
preference eligibility (not verify)
Place on waitlist according to preference claimed
eligibility verification requirement: X number of days - ANS 60 day window to obtain
verification docs
elderly family: - ANS head or spouse is 62+
disabled family: - ANS head/spouse is disabled
two+ people in hh are disabled
one+ people w/ one+ live-in aides
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, exemptions from SSN disclosure - ANS Noncontending family member (someone not
declaring citizenship/eligible non-citizen status)
Noncontending family member - ANS someone not declaring citizenship/eligible non-citizen
status
exempt from SSN disclosure
Mixed family - ANS Citizens + eligible noncitizens/non-eligible non-citizens
To declare citizenship/national status: - ANS complete signed declaration (section 214 status)
Section 214 - ANS to declare citizenship/national status
When is income eligibility not tested? - ANS After lease-up/admission
Student rule for eligibility - ANS Cannot give assistance to someone who:
• Is enrolled as a student at an
institution of higher education;
• Is under the age of 24;
• Is not a veteran of the United
States military;
• Is unmarried;
• Does not have a dependent
child;
• Is not a person with disabilities,
• Student and parents are both income eligible (80% AMI) or student is independent/absent
from their parents
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VOUCHER SPECIALIST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2026
Owner responsibilities - ANS Selects and screens tenants
Enforces lease
State responsibilities - ANS Passes legislation establishing PHAS
PHA administrative plan - ANS establishes local policies for administering the HCV program
HUD vs ADA definition of disability - ANS HUD definition is more specific, used for eligibility
determination and allowances/deductions
ADA definition - broader, used for reasonable accommodations
Live in aide - ANS would not be living in the unit except to provide necessary supportive
services
Occupancy cycle - ANS Intake - preapplication, waiting list, needs estimation, final eligibility
determination
@COPYRIGHT 2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 1
,Initial lease-up - briefing & voucher issuance, RFTA and lease approval submitted, HQS
inspection, approval & execution, moves
Annual Activities - recerts, HQS (biennially), rent adjustment
Moves
Interim activities - interem recerts, HQS compliance
Terminations - HCV violation, lease termination, HAP contract termination
Certification of preference + waitlist addition - ANS At time of initial app, need only certify
preference eligibility (not verify)
Place on waitlist according to preference claimed
eligibility verification requirement: X number of days - ANS 60 day window to obtain
verification docs
elderly family: - ANS head or spouse is 62+
disabled family: - ANS head/spouse is disabled
two+ people in hh are disabled
one+ people w/ one+ live-in aides
@COPYRIGHT 2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED 2
, exemptions from SSN disclosure - ANS Noncontending family member (someone not
declaring citizenship/eligible non-citizen status)
Noncontending family member - ANS someone not declaring citizenship/eligible non-citizen
status
exempt from SSN disclosure
Mixed family - ANS Citizens + eligible noncitizens/non-eligible non-citizens
To declare citizenship/national status: - ANS complete signed declaration (section 214 status)
Section 214 - ANS to declare citizenship/national status
When is income eligibility not tested? - ANS After lease-up/admission
Student rule for eligibility - ANS Cannot give assistance to someone who:
• Is enrolled as a student at an
institution of higher education;
• Is under the age of 24;
• Is not a veteran of the United
States military;
• Is unmarried;
• Does not have a dependent
child;
• Is not a person with disabilities,
• Student and parents are both income eligible (80% AMI) or student is independent/absent
from their parents
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