Exclusions from Annual Income:

Income from the employment of children (including foster children) under the age of 18

Payment received for the care of foster children or foster adults (usually persons with disabilities, unrelated to the tenant family, who are unable to live alone

Lump-sum additions to family assets, such as inheritances, insurance payments (including payments under health and accident insurance and worker’s compensation), capital gains and settlement for personal or property losses

Amounts received by the family that are specifically for, or in reimbursement of, the cost of medical expenses for any family member

• Amounts received by a participant in other publicly assisted programs which are specifically for or in reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred (special equipment, clothing, transportation, child care, etc.) and which are made solely to allow participation in a specific program

• Resident service stipend (not to exceed $200 per month)

• Incremental earnings and benefits resulting to any family member from participation in qualifying State or local employment training programs and training of a family member as resident management staff

• Temporary, non-recurring or sporadic income (including gifts)

• Reparation payments paid by a foreign government pursuant to claims filed under the laws of that government by persons who were persecuted during the Nazi era

• Earnings in excess of $480 for each full time student 18 years old or older (excluding head of household, co-head or spouse)

• Adoption assistance payments in excess of $480 per adopted child

• Deferred periodic payments of supplemental security income and social security benefits that are received in a lump sum amount or in prospective monthly amounts

• Amounts received by the family in the form of refunds or rebates under State of local law for property taxes paid on the dwelling unit

• Amounts paid by a State agency to a family with a member who has a developmental disability and is living at home to offset the cost of services and equipment needed to keep the developmentally disabled family member at home

Income of a live-in aide

Subject to the inclusion of income for the Section 8 program for students who are enrolled in an institution of higher education under Annual Income Includes, above, the full amount of student financial assistance either paid directly to the student or to the educational institution

The special pay to a family member serving in the Armed Forces who is exposed to hostile fire

Amounts received under training programs funded by HUD

Amounts received by a person with a disability that are disregarded for a limited time for purposes of Supplemental Security Income eligibility and benefits because they are set aside for use under a Plan to Attain Self-Sufficiency (PASS)