C. Deployment of Military Personnel to Active Duty

Owners are encouraged to be as lenient as responsibly possible to support affected households in situations where persons are called to active duty in the Armed Forces. Specific actions that owners should undertake to support military households include, but are not limited to:

1. Allow a guardian to move into the assisted unit on a temporary basis to provide care for any dependents the military person leaves in the unit. Income of the guardian temporarily living in the unit for this purpose is not counted as income.

2. Allow a tenant living in an assisted unit to provide care for any dependents of persons called to active duty in the Armed Forces on a temporary basis, as long as the head and/or co-head of household continues to serve in active duty. Income of the child (e.g., SSI benefits, military benefits) is not counted as income of the person providing the care.

3. Exclude from annual income special pay received by a household member serving in the Armed Services who is exposed to hostile fire (see Exhibit 5-1).

4. Give consideration for any case involving delayed payment of tenant rent. Determine whether it is appropriate to accept a late payment.

5. Allow the assistance payment and the lease to remain in effect for a reasonable period of time (depending on the length of deployment)

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Section 1: Determining Annual Income beyond that required by the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940, 50 U.S.C. §§ 501-591, even though the adult members of the military family are temporarily absent from the assisted unit.