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Certified Voucher Specialist

Occupancy Training in the New Housing Choice Voucher Program

CVS - More Important Than Ever!

The Housing Choice Voucher program has undergone many changes since its inauguration in 1984. Initially created as two distinct housing assistance programs, Vouchers and Certificates, Congress has acted to consolidate the two programs into one. This program is now the largest assisted housing program administered by HUD. The Housing Choice Voucher Program has grown in size while all other HUD housing programs have decreased. There has never been a better time to get trained!

Don't Get Caught in the Past - The Future is Here with CVS!

The National Center for Housing Management (NCHM), the nation's leading training and certification organization for the federally assisted housing management industry, is proud to announce its new program on tenant-based Section 8 housing programs: Certified Voucher Specialist (CVS).

Certified Voucher Specialist (CVS) is an occupancy specialist program in the tradition of our Certified Occupancy Specialist (COS) and Tax Credit Specialist (TCS) programs. The program is designed to help organizations and individuals involved with the Housing Choice Voucher Program to understand the fundamental requirements of the program and what the program means for administrators and occupancy specialists. HUD Handbook 7420.10G, the latest HUD regulatory guide released in June 2001 and HUD Form 50058 are the guides for students through this course. The program will be beneficial for Public Housing Authorities (PHAs), owners and managers of Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit properties, and private owners who have or are considering having residents with vouchers at their properties.

Voucher Occupancy

CVS is taught using a multimedia format including a fully illustrated NCHM CVS Manual and a slide presentation

The latest HUD Handbook 7420.10G is the definitive guide to Voucher regulations and compliance with it is required by HUD for Voucher administrators

Learn about the Consolidated Rule and current HUD notices affecting the voucher program

CVS gives a comprehensive treatment to the issues of income inclusions and exclusions, asset inclusions and exclusions, appropriate deductions, and voucher computation

Also included are important topics such as:

Fair Housing requirements, portability, rent reasonableness, reexaminations, and fraud

Resident orientation methods receive consideration along with occupancy standards and eligibility, verification of information, resident screening, and grievance procedures

Lease terms and Housing Assistance Payments contacts

Having difficulty enticing prospective property owners to participate? CVS covers owner outreach and suggested methods for getting more owners involved in the Voucher Program in your area!

Agenda

The three-day CVs program begins promptly at 8:00 a.m. and concludes at 5:00 p.m. depending on the speed of the class. Breaks are given. Students provide their own lunch. The examination will take place on the morning of the third day. Participants should bring a highlighter pen and calculator with them to the program.