Four Rules for Recertifying Household Member on Military Duty or Otherwise Absent

If you don’t know when to count—and when not to count—the income of absentees, because of military service or otherwise, during recertification at your mixed-income site, you can miscalculate residents’ rent and jeopardize the owner’ tax credits. Counting the income of an absentee when you shouldn’t might put the household over-income, causing you to apply the next available unit rule unnecessarily.