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COMPONENT 12D WALTHAM HOUSING AUTHORITY PHA PLAN 2008
DESCRIPTION OF COMMUNITY SERVICE AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY REQUIREMENTS
1.The Waltham Housing Authority has 265 one bedroom units at five housing development locations. All residents of these units were housed as either elderly or disabled.
2. The Waltham Housing Authority expects that all residents of our public housing units will be exempt from the requirements of section 12(c) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 as amended by section 512 of the Quality Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998.
3. The Authority will by Ju1y 31, 2003, provide to all residents written notice about the reinstatement of the community service and self-sufficiency requirement as outlined in 24 CFR§960.605. This notification must alert residents of the requirement, whether or not they are exempt, and what they need to do in order to comply. This reinstatement is contained in PIH notice 2003-17 dated June 20,2003.
4. Those residents whom the Authority records indicate as being 62 years of age or older will be designated as exempt with no further action required by the resident.
5.All other residents who will not attain the age of 62 by October 31,2003 will be required to certify that because of their disability they are unable to comply with the service provisions; or primary caretakers of such individuals, if they qualify as Blind or disabled (as defined under 216(i)(1) or 1614 of the Social Security Act(42 U.S.C. 416(i)(1); 1382c). The Authority will provide the form of certification.
6. Any remaining residents who are not elderly, not disabled, or disabled and do not certify that they are unable to comply will be further required to show that they are engaged in work activities as defined in section 407(d) of the Social Security Act(42 U.S.C. 607(d)). Those who provide evidence of appropriate work activities will be determined exempt.
7. Those residents who do not qualify as exempt will be required to perform community service or self-sufficiency of at least 8 hours a month by October 31,2003.
8. The Authority will assist any nonexempt residents by identifying local public and private agencies which commonly need and accept volunteers, e.g. Waltham Council On Aging, Middlesex Human Services Agency, Waltham Public Library, Salvation Army , and the RedCross.
9.It is not anticipated that any resident of our one bedroom elderly/disabled units would be eligible for any TANF or welfare to work type of State or Federal program so the Authority will not initiate linkages with those program types.
10. The Authority will maintain reasonable documentation of service requirement performance or exemption in each residents file.
11. All residents housed after the initial notificacation in July 2003 and thereafter shall be subject to all the same requirements and procedures as contained herein.