Wednesday, June 8, 2016

What Is Required For One To Be Eligible For HUD Housing

By Charles Rogers


In this life, people need to have a home in which they can safely return to after a long day of work. Not everyone has a good house that can comfortably shelter his or her family, and that is why the government started the HUD housing project to cater for the people who are poor, very old or those who have disabilities. To be eligible for this program, some qualifications are needed by the housing department to show that you deserve a chance to get a decent shelter.

The program is supposed to help the needy people, so the first thing that the officials need to know is the income you earn monthly or annually. The low earning group is defined as those individuals who do not surpass at least eighty percent of the median of revenue collected by families who live in a certain area. They are grouped into three stages which are low-income earners, the very low-income people, and the extremely low-income earners. You have to be among these groups to qualify for the program.

To be eligible for these privileges, you must define your family. You must define if your age, your physical state, your marital status and the number of people you live with in your home. This helps the housing department to evaluate whether you need the help or not.

Citizenship is another critical thing that is considered by the housing department. This is because they cannot provide housing for non-citizens while there are very many citizens who have no proper shelters. You have to show an identification card to prove that you are a registered citizen and this goes to every member of the family. Children who have no identification cards should present their birth certificates.

Every citizen has documentation showing the social security digits. To be qualified for this application, you and all the family members you live with must provide the government with a social security number. The only people who might be exempted are children whose age is below six years, and you should have the proof that they have not been assigned the number before.

Some families have many children. If you have children that are above the age of eighteen, they will also be required by the authority to sign a consent form. The head of the family and the partner need to sign the forms regardless of their age. If you happen to be illiterate, the officials will guide you on how to fill the forms.

The department must look into the past to see if you and any family member are in the criminal records. They communicate with the police department, sex delinquents department and the federal bureau of investigation to see if they have any records. If you are clean, then you are eligible for this program.

For one to be eligible to apply for public housing, they must have unsettled consumer debt duties that surpass sixty percent of the money they earn monthly. The house head ought to be working and earning a minimum wage. The minimum hours they should work for is at least twenty hours weekly.




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