Combined Income and Rent

This interim rule amends HUD's current regulations governing public housing, Indian housing and assisted housing programs by adding nine exclusions to the definition of annual income. With regard to the first eight exclusions, the Department has concluded that, for policy reasons, these payments should not be considered when determining a family's income in the housing assistance programs involved. In contrast, the last exclusion is a statutorily required exclusion to the definition of annual income. This interim rule also adds a statutory change to the definition of adjusted income for the Indian housing program, and makes two technical corrections to the existing regulations.