ANNUAL RECERTIFICATION Q&A

  • Your packet will arrive about 3-4 months before your annual recertification date. Plan for this and have your paperwork organized.
  • Turn in your completed packet by the due date. Your assistance may be terminated if you don’t attend or provide documents. Please respect the time of the other families who are scheduled to recertify on that day by completing all pages of the recertification packet prior to your scheduled time. If you plan to complete the packet at the same time as your appointment, you will be asked to leave the booth and another appointment letter will be mailed.
  • If we request original documents, make copies for yourself.
  • If you fax a document, please wait 2-3  days to confirm receipt and keep the fax record.
  • All adult household members must attend.
    Bring verification of all earned income (EX: 4 paystubs or letter from employer), verification of all other income (ex: Social Security, Cash Assistance, etc), all pages of the most recent 30 day statement for all bank accounts or assets (if an account was closed, you must provide verification of this) and verification of any allowance/ deduction. If employment ended, you must bring verification of that. Other verifications may be requested on the day of the meeting.
  • Any questions regarding the scheduled date and time should be put in writing to the Housing Authority. Message may not be checked or returned prior to the scheduled recertification date.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) requires us to review the income, assets, and family composition of each family we assist once a year.

You are required to provide all the information we need to recertify your family annually. Most families receive several thousand dollars’ worth of assistance each year; in return, we ask that you comply with program rules and provide this information annually.

From time to time, the Housing Authority may change the date of your annual recertification. However, a full annual recertification will be conducted once every year.

Even if nothing about your situation has changed, you are still required to provide all the information we request.

Yes. Even if we have recently conducted an “interim” income recertification based on changes you reported to us, we must still complete the full annual recertification for everyone in your family.

It is your responsibility to report all income to us, and we will confirm this information with federal and state agencies that collect income data.

​We will send you a letter if we are missing any documents. Please don’t call immediately after sending documents to us to ask if we received them, as this will only slow down the document review process.

Please tell us, in writing, as much as possible about any changes that may take place during your annual recertification. For more information, see our Reporting Changes Q&A

​If you are planning to move during your annual recertification process, it is important that you let us know your plans as soon as possible. See our Transfer Q&A for more information about moving to another unit.

There could be changes to the rent you pay if:

  • Your income or assets have changed.
  • Your landlord has requested a rent increase.
  • Someone has moved in or out of your household, which affects the number of bedrooms you are eligible for.
  • The payment standard or utility allowances that the Housing Authority uses to calculate your subsidy has changed.

You will be notified by mail of any rent change 30 days prior to the effective date. If you have caused a delay in processing the Annual Recertification (Ex: you did not bring all items needed to verify income/ assets to the Recertification Meeting) you may receive less than 30 days notice.

Most Housing Authority programs are designed so that families pay about a third of their income in rent. The federal government considers this to be an affordable amount for any family to pay for housing.

​The Housing Authority’s deadline for submittal of annual recertification documents is firm. Failure to comply with deadlines could result in termination of your assistance.

We encourage you to plan ahead and keep income and asset information for everyone in your family on file to make it easier to submit the packet by the deadline. If there is a crisis that causes a delay, contact us in writing.

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