Affordable Housing

Whenever a Cambridge employee moves onto a property with Tax Credits, HOME, Rural Development, HUD or Risk share units (including individuals that are already residents and then become employees), please remember to submit the move-in to compliance.  This includes those that are moving into exempt staff units! Example(s): To make it easier to remember, let us know

For sites with any tenants utilizing a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher or any other tenant-based voucher: We need to assure we are documenting the voucher provider’s occupancy specialist and housing manager’s contact information from the onset of accepting the voucher. We need to assure we are copying these contacts with all notices served to

Please review the links below of the Child / Spousal Support Forms for California, Oregon, Idaho, and RD/HUD properties for “Examples on how to fill out the Child / Spousal Support Form ”. We have highlighted key wording on the form to grab your attention when completing this form, with TIPS throughout. These are “examples only”. **ONE form per absent parent”, complete B3 (minors name),

If your property has more than one set-aside, and a resident is moving in at a set-aside lower than your highest, please complete the lease per supervisor instructions as follows. Scenario:  Jane House is moving into a one-bedroom unit at 30% set-aside for $704. Your property has a high set-side of 60%, for which the

COMPLIANCE TIP California and Idaho have set their minimum wage amounts that take effect 1/1/2025. See below and take note of current rates within your state. Oregon’s Minimum Wage is typically addressed in June. Let us know if you have any questions regarding the minimum wage in your state. Reminder that the Compliance Team is

*A reminder to all Tax Credit properties* Regarding the Tax Credit Lease Addendum (LIHTC Section 42 Properties) form (C169): What you need to know: -This is the document that allows us to raise a unit’s rent to a higher set-aside if the household’s income increases. -To be completed for every annual certification. -ALL 3 PAGES SHOULD BE INCLUDED –

How to fill out the “Unemployed / Zero Income Form” , and “Zero Income Checklist”,. Attached are example forms for California, Idaho /HUD/RD and Oregon.  The “Income status Certification” – Oregon Tax Credit Only.  These forms are used when an applicant or resident does not have earned income (Social Security, VA, Retirement, No Income, ect”).   TIP to take

The 2025 Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) was announced yesterday at an increase of 2.5%. This adjustment needs to be applied to all recertifications that have not been completed and sent to compliance. *If you have already completed October, November, December, and January recerts and they have been approved and sealed, we do not need to go back

FILES: MI/AR/IR certification is considered UNREVIEWABLE if not placed in correct file order.  In order for auditors/compliance to review and send approval results in a timely manner, files need to read like a book. Please refer to Tax Credit/HUD/RD transmittal sheet (located in Tenant Tech) for correct file order when submitting to compliance. FILE/EMAIL LABELS: To ensure files

Today’s TIP is when to use the “True and Correct as of <Date>” Statement. When paperwork is being signed & dated after the “due date,“ it must include the statement “True & Correct as of <certification effective date>”. Use this below procedure unless otherwise guided by Compliance or your Supervisor:

This TIP applies to all affordable properties, except HUD only properties. When completing any Certification in Yardi (MI, AR, IR), and the resident receives ANY type of subsidy, ensure the “Subsidy Type” is selected correctly. This option needs to be selected in two different areas (three areas if the unit is HOME). Download Compliance Tips: Completing Subsidy Type in Yardi Screenshots

Click the link below to view the difference between Social Security (SSA) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).Social Security and Supplemental Security Income

*A reminder to all Tax Credit properties* Forms that need to be included in ALL Annual Recertifications: Click below to view instruction details: Compliance TIP – TC Section 42 Addendum & Good Cause forms every year