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

• 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)

• 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