Q and A: Mother Deployed for Military Service Overseas

Question: A woman head of household lives in the unit with her 10 and 12 year old children. The mother is deployed for military service overseas, but will not be exposed to hostile fire. She wants her sister-in-law to come live temporarily in her unit with her children until she gets back. Is this allowed? How do I create a certification for that? Sidney-Michigan

Answer:  This is allowed (4350.3, Rev-1, Change 4, 5-6 C.1). The owner should 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. The deployed mother and her income will remain on the HUD Form 50059 because she is the head of household (4350.3, Rev-1, Change 4, 5-6 B.3).

The sister-in-law would be added to the HUD Form 50059 using a new TRACS 202D relationship code of “N” on an Interim certification. Per the TRACS 202D MAT User Guide, MAT 10, Section 3, Field 7, N is defined as “None of the above—others living in the unit who are not members of the tenant family. Persons in this category do not have rights under the lease. Persons in this category are not considered members of the family and their income is not counted in determining the family’s annual income.”