Amount of monthly assistance payment

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Subject to the requirement under section 1437a(a)(3) of this title (relating to minimum rental amount), the monthly assistance payment for a family receiving assistance under this subsection shall be determined as follows:

(A) Tenant-based assistance; rent not exceeding payment standard For a family receiving tenant-based assistance, if the rent for the family (including the amount allowed for tenant-paid utilities) does not exceed the applicable payment standard established under paragraph (1), the monthly assistance payment for the family shall be equal to the amount by which the rent (including the amount allowed for tenant-paid utilities) exceeds the greatest of the following amounts, rounded to the nearest dollar: (i) 30 percent of the monthly adjusted income of the family. (ii) 10 percent of the monthly income of the family. (iii) If the family is receiving payments for welfare assistance from a public agency and a part of those payments, adjusted in accordance with the actual housing costs of the family, is specifically designated by that agency to meet the housing costs of the family, the portion of those payments that is so designated.

(B) Tenant-based assistance; rent exceeding payment standard For a family receiving tenant-based assistance, if the rent for the family (including the amount allowed for tenant-paid utilities) exceeds the applicable payment standard established under paragraph (1), the monthly assistance payment for the family shall be equal to the amount by which the applicable payment standard exceeds the greatest of amounts under clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of subparagraph (A).

(C) Families receiving project-based assistance For a family receiving project-based assistance, the rent that the family is required to pay shall be determined in accordance with section 1437a(a)(1) of this title , and the amount of the housing assistance payment shall be determined in accordance with subsection (c)(3) of this section.

(D) Utility allowance (i) General In determining the monthly assistance payment for a family under subparagraphs (A) and (B), the amount allowed for tenant-paid utilities shall not exceed the appropriate utility allowance for the family unit size as determined by the public housing agency regardless of the size of the dwelling unit leased by the family. (ii) Exception for families in including persons with disabilities Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), upon request by a family that includes a person with disabilities, the public housing agency shall approve a utility allowance that is higher than the applicable amount on the utility allowance schedule if a higher utility allowance is needed as a reasonable accommodation to make the program accessible to and usable by the family member with a disability.

Amount of monthly assistance payment

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- name: payment_standard_general_minimum_fmr_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(1)(B) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: shall be not less than 90 percent of that fair market rental versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '0.90'

- name: payment_standard_general_maximum_fmr_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(1)(B) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: shall not exceed 110 percent of the fair market rental versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '1.10'

- name: disability_reasonable_accommodation_payment_standard_without_secretary_approval_maximum_fmr_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(1)(D) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than 120 percent of the fair market rent versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '1.20'

- name: tenant_rent_adjusted_income_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(2)(A)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: 30 percent of the monthly adjusted income versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '0.30'

- name: tenant_rent_monthly_income_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(2)(A)(ii) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: 10 percent of the monthly income versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '0.10'

- name: initial_tenant_based_family_rent_adjusted_income_limit_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(3) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: may not exceed 40 percent of the monthly adjusted income versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: '0.40'

- name: project_based_authorized_units_base_limit_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(B)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than 20 percent of the authorized units versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: '0.20'

- name: project_based_authorized_units_additional_exception_limit_rate kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(B)(ii) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: up to an additional 10 percent of the authorized units versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: '0.10'

- name: project_income_mixing_dwelling_unit_count_limit kind: parameter dtype: Count source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(D)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than the greater of 25 dwelling units or 25 percent versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: '25'

- name: project_income_mixing_dwelling_unit_rate_limit kind: parameter dtype: Rate source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(D)(i) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: parameter source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than the greater of 25 dwelling units or 25 percent versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: '0.25'

- name: tenant_contribution_greatest_amount kind: derived entity: Family dtype: Money period: Month unit: USD source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(2)(A) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: the greatest of the following amounts versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: >- max(tenant_rent_adjusted_income_rate * monthly_adjusted_income, tenant_rent_monthly_income_rate * monthly_income, welfare_housing_cost_designated_amount)

- name: tenant_based_monthly_assistance_payment kind: derived entity: Family dtype: Money period: Month unit: USD source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(2) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: >- if the rent ... does not exceed the applicable payment standard ... rent ... exceeds the greatest - path: versions[0].formula kind: formula source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: >- if the rent ... exceeds the applicable payment standard ... payment standard exceeds the greatest versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: >- if rent_including_tenant_paid_utilities <= applicable_payment_standard: max(0, rent_including_tenant_paid_utilities - tenant_contribution_greatest_amount) else: max(0, applicable_payment_standard - tenant_contribution_greatest_amount)

- name: initial_tenant_based_family_rent_within_limit kind: derived entity: Family dtype: Judgment period: Month source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(3) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: predicate source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: may not exceed 40 percent of the monthly adjusted income versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: >- total_initial_family_rent <= initial_tenant_based_family_rent_adjusted_income_limit_rate * monthly_adjusted_income

- name: general_payment_standard_within_fair_market_rental_range kind: derived entity: PublicHousingAgency dtype: Judgment period: Month source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(1)(B) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: predicate source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: shall not exceed 110 percent ... and shall be not less than 90 percent versions: - effective_from: '1998-10-21' formula: |- payment_standard >= payment_standard_general_minimum_fmr_rate * fair_market_rental and payment_standard <= payment_standard_general_maximum_fmr_rate * fair_market_rental

- name: project_based_authorized_units_within_limit kind: derived entity: PublicHousingAgency dtype: Judgment period: Month source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(B) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: predicate source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than 20 percent ... up to an additional 10 percent - path: versions[0].formula kind: import import: target: us:statutes/42/1437f/d#project_based_assistance_common_area_consent_required output: project_based_assistance_common_area_consent_required hash: sha256:6b4fcf3eca0e705a3c38348fe896c922d97f52e64497735af48af7a03816db45 versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: >- (project_based_assistance_common_area_consent_required and (((additional_exception_units_qualify) and project_based_assistance_units <= authorized_units * (project_based_authorized_units_base_limit_rate + (project_based_authorized_units_additional_exception_limit_rate))) or (not (additional_exception_units_qualify) and project_based_assistance_units <= authorized_units * (project_based_authorized_units_base_limit_rate + (0)))))

- name: project_income_mixing_within_limit kind: derived entity: HousingProject dtype: Judgment period: Month source: 42 USC 1437f(o)(13)(D) metadata: proof: atoms: - path: versions[0].formula kind: predicate source: corpus_citation_path: us/statute/42/1437f/o excerpt: not more than the greater of 25 dwelling units or 25 percent versions: - effective_from: '2016-07-29' formula: >- income_mixing_exception_applies or assisted_dwelling_units <= max(project_income_mixing_dwelling_unit_count_limit, project_income_mixing_dwelling_unit_rate_limit * project_dwelling_units)