Student

for Section 8 eligibility purposes means all students enrolled either full-time or part-time at an institution of higher education.

Student Financial For the Section 8 program, student financial assistance included in Assistance annual income is any financial assistance that a student receives in excess of tuition (e.g., athletic and academic scholarships) and that the student receives (1) under the Higher Education Act, (2) from private sources, or (3) from an institution of higher education as defined by the Higher Education Act of 1965. Financial assistance does not include loan proceeds.

a. Higher Education Act Assistance under the Higher Education Act of 1965 includes Pell Grants, Federal Supplement Educational Opportunity Grants, Academic Achievement Incentive Scholarships State Assistance Partnership Program, the Robert G. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program, and Federal Work Study programs.

b. Assistance from Private Sources is non-governmental sources of assistance, including assistance that may be provided to a student from parent, guardian or other family member, whether residing within the family in the section 8 assisted unit or not, and from other persons not residing in the unit.

c. Assistance from an Institution of Higher Education requires reference to the particular institution and the institution’s listing of financial assistance. (See definition for Institution of Higher Education.)

d. Loans are not financial assistance, and, therefore, the loan programs cited in the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Perkins,

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Tenant

An individual or a family renting or occupying an assisted dwelling unit. [24 CFR 5.504]