The Trainer — September 2014

Holding Effective Certification Meetings; Preventing Subsidy Abuse When Household Member Moves Out

In this month’s feature, we discussed meeting with households to certify their eligibility for housing assistance. HUD requires managers to cover a long list of topics during the initial certification meeting. But site staff may be poorly prepared or may not cover all the required information. Also, site staff may not inform applicants about their responsibilities in the right way.