PHA Interim Certifications Under the Microscope: Avoid Costly Income & Deduction Errors

HOTMA is no longer a future change - it’s already reshaping how PHAs handle income, deductions, and interim certifications, and the margin for error is shrinking fast. This 90-minute, compliance-critical training delivers a practical, real-world walkthrough of the most impactful HOTMA changes affecting your day-to-day operations right now.

You’ll break down exactly how HOTMA transformed income and expense deductions and interim reexaminations under HUD rules - starting with the shift in health and medical expense deductions from the long-standing 3% threshold to 10%. Learn who qualifies, how phased-in hardship relief is applied, and what documentation stands up under scrutiny. We’ll also clarify how to properly verify recurring vs. one-time medical expenses, including what is - and is not - allowable.

But that’s not all.

This session goes deeper into child care deduction relief provisions and the operational rules governing interim income reexaminations, including the 10% threshold, correct effective dates for rent changes, when retroactive decreases may apply under your policy, and what “reasonable processing time” really means in practice.

Structured around six critical focus areas, this training uses real-life scenarios, quiz-based learning, and expert debriefs to ensure you don’t just understand the rules - you can confidently apply them to real certification and rent calculation situations.

⚠️ Why You Can’t Afford to Miss This

If your team is still relying on outdated interpretations or inconsistent processes, you could already be exposed to compliance findings.

Attend this training to gain practical, scenario-based HOTMA knowledge that enables your staff to:

• Calculate deductions accurately under the new rules
• Process interim reexaminations with consistency and confidence
• Reduce costly compliance errors and audit risk
• Clearly explain rent changes, deductions, and hardship relief to residents

Areas Covered

• HOTMA overview and regulatory framework
• Health and medical expense deduction changes
• Hardship relief and phase-in protections
• Verification and treatment of medical expenses
• Allowable vs. non-allowable deductions
• Interim income reexaminations and rent-effective dates 

Who Should Attend

This training is essential for professionals responsible for compliance accuracy and rent determinations, including:

• Public Housing Staff
• Property Managers, Assistant Managers, and Occupancy Specialists
• Compliance Staff
• Property management professionals responsible for income calculations, file audits, move-in approvals, recertifications, and supervisory oversight

Speaker(s)

Tina M Austin

Tina Austin has been in the affordable housing industry for more than 15 years and currently serves as the CEO of Compliance One. Her experience ranges from being a property manager to the Vice President of Operations with Affordable Housing program compliance always being her passion. Known to many of her clients as the Compliance Coach and “Fixer”, Tina’s expertise is taking a non-compliant distressed property into a compliant model property. Her no-nonsense, personable style of training keeps the bottom-line objective to “Always protect the asset”. Tina is a part of several HUD Roundtable committees and sits on the boards of two non-profit organizations. Affordable Housing is dear to her heart as she believes everyone deserves to have decent, safe and stable housing.

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