HOUSING SUBSIDY
ISSUE DATE: 07/2026
MFIP:
Count up to $50 of the value of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) funded housing subsidies as unearned income toward the cash portion of the MFIP grant. Count the full amount of the subsidy if it is less than $50. HUD funded subsidies include HUD public housing, HUD funded project-based properties, and HUD funded Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) rental subsidies.
Public housing or rental subsidies not provided by HUD funding do not have up to $50 of the value of the public housing or rental subsidy counted as unearned income toward the cash portion of the MFIP grant.
EXEMPTIONS:
The policy also does not apply to an assistance unit which includes a unit member who is:
● | Age 60 or older. |
OR | |
● | A caregiver who is suffering from an illness, injury, or incapacity that has been certified by a qualified professional when the illness, injury, or incapacity is expected to continue for more than 30 days and the condition severely limits the person’s ability to obtain or maintain suitable employment. |
OR | |
● | A caregiver whose presence in the home is required due to the illness or incapacity of another member in the assistance unit, a relative in the household, or a foster child in the household when the illness/incapacity and the need for the participant’s presence in the home has been certified by a qualified professional and is expected to continue for more than 30 days. This includes participants who have family members in the home who meet the Special Medical Criteria or receive waivered services. |
OR | |
● | A caregiver who is an SSI recipient. NOTE: Do NOT apply this exemption to families with a child on SSI. |
SNAP, MSA, GA, HSP
No provisions.
PREVIOUS REVISIONS
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 05/2026 | Manuals Moratorium - removes DWP language for the DWP repeal, reviews DHS language, updates language of GRH to HSP, reinserts bold. |
| 04/2017 | in MFIP in the last bullet adds and deletes language for clarity. |
| 08/2015 | in MFIP adds new 1st and 2nd paragraphs about when to count or not count housing subsidies. It also deletes the former 1st and 2nd paragraphs and the list of housing types that were exempt from counting $50 of housing subsidy. |
| 04/2013 | in MFIP deletes and adds information throughout. |
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