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3. Mortgage assistance payments under section 235 of the National Housing Act for mortgage assistance are not included in the homeowner’s income.

4. Replacement housing payments made under the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs are not counted as income.

5. Relocation payments and home rehabilitation grants under section 105(a)(11) of the Housing and Community Development Act made by a local jurisdiction to a displaced individual moving from a flood-damaged residence to another residence is not counted as income. Home rehabilitation grants received by low-income homeowners in a defined area under the same act are also not countable as income.

6. Payments to reduce the cost of winter energy made by a state to qualified individuals to reduce their cost of winter energy are not countable as income.

7. Holocaust Victims Restitution. Payments received by a Holocaust victim or the heir of a Holocaust victim and interest earned on the payments are not taxable and are therefore not countable as income.

8. Historic preservation grants. Payments received under the National Historic Preservation Act to preserve a historically significant property are excluded from income. Source: 42 CFR § 435.603 (Rev. 2012)

Rule 12.3: Income that is Partially Excluded

A. The following income is partially countable and partially excluded under the conditions specified for each type of payment.

1. Foster Care Provider payments received from a state, political subdivision, or qualified foster care placement agency for providing care to qualified foster individuals in an individual’s home are not countable as income except in the following situations. A qualified foster individual is someone living in a foster family home who was placed there by an agency of the state or a qualified foster care placement agency.

a) Foster care payments are income to the foster care provider if the individual received payment for more than 5 individuals age 19 or older. Count as income the payment received for foster individuals in excess of the limit.

b) Difficulty-of-care payments are additional payments that are designated by the payer as compensation for providing additional care that is required for the physically, mentally or emotionally handicapped qualified foster individual. These payments count as income if received for more than 10 foster