2021 Utility Allowance Schedules

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Approved by the Housing Administrator _0�7 49QUIMM-41211 To review and, approve use of the amended 20201 Utility Allowance Schedules to be eVect�ive February 1, 2021 for the County of HawaVi, Off ice of Housing and Community Develiopment"s (OHCDs) affordable rental housing programs where utility allowances are required. A, The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUiD) regulation at 24 CFR Part 92 and HOME statute requires a PHA to establish and maintain a utility alIowance schedule for tenant -paid ultilities, tenant -supplied refrigerators and ranges. The utility allowance schleiduille must include the utilities and services necessary to provide housing that complies with housing quality standards. The utility allowance schedule must not include allowances w» expenses, such as telephone, cable/sateillite TV, or wireless internet, 1, In the administration of affordable rental housing programs, the PHA must use normal patterns of consumption for the community as a whole and current utility rat�es. The objective is to establish allowances based on actual rates and average consumption estimates, which aillows most participating families an al I iowance that is adequate to cover expected average utility costs over a twelve-month period. The famil�y's usage may fluctuate from, month to month. C. The OHCDs rental housing programs are operated in the County of Hawai'i which is considered a nonimet�ropiolitain county without seasonal rates (summer and winter). The consumption figures must be adjusted for the, size of the dwelling unit and does not neele to, be adjusted to,r reflect the higher or lower cost of utilities resulting from variations in outdoor temperature, D, The HUD Utility Schedule Model (HUSM) was developed by HUD to enable PAAs, t4, calculate utility schedules by housing type after entering locality and utility rate information. The OHCDi has utilized HUDs HUSM for this analysis, E. Under H�UDs COVI�D-19 s atuory and regulatory suspensions, waivers, and alternative requirements, HUD enabled agencies affected by the pandernic to delay the requiired review, and revision due some time in CY 2020. The review and revision must be completed no later than December 31, 2020, 6814sdim