lic housing agency to be salaried and to
serve on a full-time basis.
(3) FULL
PARTICIPATION.—No public housing
agency may limit or restrict the capacity or offices in
which a member of such board or body may serve on
such board or body solely because of the member’s sta-
tus as a resident member.
(4) CONFLICTS
OF
INTEREST.—The Secretary
shall establish guidelines to prevent conflicts of inter-
est on the part of members of the board or directors
or governing body of a public housing agency.
(5) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the following definitions shall apply:
(A) ELECTED PUBLIC HOUSING RESIDENT
MEMBER.—The term ‘‘elected public housing resi-
dent member’’ means, with respect to the public
housing agency involved, an individual who is a
resident member of the board of directors (or
other similar governing body of the agency) by
reason of election to such position pursuant to
an election—
(i) in which eligibility for candidacy
in such election is limited to individuals
who—
(I) maintain their principal resi-
dence in a dwelling unit of public
housing administered or assisted by the
agency; and
(II) have not been convicted of a
felony;
(ii) in which only residents of dwelling
units of public housing administered by the
agency may vote; and
(iii) that is conducted in accordance
with standards and procedures for such elec-
tion, which shall be established by the Sec-
retary.
(B) RESIDENT MEMBER.—The term ‘‘resi-
dent member’’ means a member of the board of
directors or other similar governing body of a
public housing agency who is a resident of a
public housing dwelling unit owned, adminis-
tered, or assisted by the agency or is a member
of an assisted family (as such term is defined in
section 371) assisted by the agency.
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF POLICIES.—Any rules, regula-
tions, policies, standards, and procedures necessary to im-
plement policies required under section 106 to be included
in the local housing management plan for a public housing
agency shall be approved by the board of directors or simi-
lar governing body of the agency and shall be publicly
available for review upon request.
SEC. 104. DETERMINATION OF ADJUSTED INCOME AND ME-
DIAN INCOME.
(a) ADJUSTED INCOME.—For purposes of this Act, the
term ‘‘adjusted income’’ means, with respect to a family,
the difference between the income of the members of the fam-
ily residing in a dwelling unit or the persons on a lease
and the amount of any income exclusions for the family
under subsections (b) and (c), as determined by the public
housing agency.
(b) MANDATORY EXCLUSIONS FROM INCOME.—In de-
termining adjusted income, a public housing agency shall
exclude from the annual income of a family the following
amounts:
(1) ELDERLY AND DISABLED FAMILIES.—$400
for any elderly or disabled family.
(2) MEDICAL EXPENSES.—The amount by which
3 percent of the annual family income is exceeded by
the sum of—
(A) unreimbursed medical expenses of any
elderly family;
(B) unreimbursed medical expenses of any
nonelderly family, except that this subparagraph
shall apply only to the extent approved in ap-
propriation Acts; and
(C) unreimbursed reasonable attendant care
and auxiliary apparatus expenses for each
handicapped member of the family, to the extent
necessary to enable any member of such family
(including such handicapped member) to be em-
ployed.
(3) CHILD
CARE
EXPENSES.—Any reasonable
child care expenses necessary to enable a member of
the family to be employed or to further his or her edu-
cation.
(4) MINORS, STUDENTS, AND PERSONS WITH DIS-
ABILITIES.—$480 for each member of the family re-
siding in the household (other than the head of the
household or his or her spouse) who is less than 18
years of age or is attending school or vocational
training on a full-time basis, or who is 18 years of
age or older and is a person with disabilities.
(5) CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENTS.—Any payment
made by a member of the family for the support and
maintenance of any child who does not reside in the
household, except that the amount excluded under this
paragraph may not exceed $480 for each child for
whom such payment is made.
(6) EARNED INCOME OF MINORS.—The amount
of any earned income of a member of the family who
is not—
(A) 18 years of age or older; and
(B) the head of the household (or the spouse
of the head of the household).
(c) PERMISSIVE EXCLUSIONS FROM INCOME.—In de-
termining adjusted income, a public housing agency may,
in the discretion of the agency, establish exclusions from the
annual income of a family. Such exclusions may include
the following amounts:
(1) EXCESSIVE
TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Excessive
travel expenses in an amount not to exceed $25 per
family per week, for employment- or education-related
travel.
(2) EARNED INCOME.—An amount of any earned
income of the family, established at the discretion of
the public housing agency, which may be based on—
(A) all earned income of the family,
(B) the amount earned by particular mem-
bers of the family;
(C) the amount earned by families having
certain characteristics; or
(D) the amount earned by families or mem-
bers during certain periods or from certain
sources.
(3) OTHERS.—Such other amounts for other pur-
poses, as the public housing agency may establish.
(d) MEDIAN INCOME.—In determining median in-
comes (of persons, families, or households) for an area or
establishing any ceilings or limits based on income under
this Act, the Secretary shall determine or establish area me-
dian incomes and income ceilings and limits for West-
chester and Rockland Counties, in the State of New York,
as if each such county were an area not contained within
the metropolitan statistical area in which it is located. In
determining such area median incomes or establishing such
income ceilings or limits for the portion of such metropoli-
tan statistical area that does not include Westchester or
Rockland Counties, the Secretary shall determine or estab-
lish area median incomes and income ceilings and limits
as if such portion included Westchester and Rockland Coun-
ties.
SEC. 105. COMMUNITY WORK AND FAMILY SELF-SUFFI-
CIENCY REQUIREMENTS.
(a) COMMUNITY WORK REQUIREMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (3), each public housing agency shall require,
as a condition of occupancy of a public housing
dwelling unit by a family and of providing housing
assistance under title III on behalf of a family, that
each adult member of the family shall contribute not
less than 8 hours of work per month (not including
political activities) within the community in which
the family resides, which may include work performed
on locations not owned by the public housing agency).
(2) EMPLOYMENT STATUS AND LIABILITY.—The
requirement under paragraph (1) may not be con-
strued to establish any employment relationship be-
tween the public housing agency and the member of
the family subject to the work requirement under such
paragraph or to create any responsibility, duty, or li-
ability on the part of the public housing agency for
actions arising out of the work done by the member
of the family to comply with the requirement, except
to the extent that the member of the family is fulfill-
ing the requirement by working directly for such pub-
lic housing agency.
(3) EXEMPTIONS.—A public housing agency
shall provide for the exemption, from the applicability
of the requirement under paragraph (1), of each indi-
vidual who is—
(A) an elderly person;
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(iii) if the family is receiving pay-
ments for welfare assistance from a public
agency and a part of such payments, ad-
justed in accordance with the actual hous-
ing costs of the family, is specifically des-
ignated by such agency to meet the housing
costs of the family, the portion of such pay-
ments that is so designated.
(2) EXCESS RENTAL AMOUNT.—In any case in
which the monthly rent charged for a dwelling unit
pursuant to the housing assistance payments contract
exceeds the applicable payment standard (established
under section 353) for the dwelling unit, the assisted
family residing in the unit shall contribute (in addi-
tion to the amount of the monthly rent contribution
otherwise determined under paragraph (1) for such
family) such entire excess rental amount.
(b) MINIMUM MONTHLY RENTAL CONTRIBUTION.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The public housing agency
shall determine the amount of the minimum monthly
rental contribution of an assisted family (which rent
shall include any amount allowed for utilities),
which—