INTERIM POLICY
To submit a VALID Interim Request, you must provide:
1) An Interim Request Form
– AND –
2) Proper verification for the change
These things must be provided to our office at the same time and within 30 days of the change.
Anything short of this will not be accepted and will be denied.  Interim Requests submitted after the 20th of the month WILL NOT be effective for the following month!

 
INTERIM REQUEST FORMS
Choose the correct form below.Interim requests turned in after the 20th of the month WILL NOT be effective the following month!
Beginning January 2024:

1.  REPORT ALL CHANGES

2.  Only 1 interim decrease greater than 20% of annual adjusted income will be processed each year.

3.  No interim decrease will be processed the first 6 months of initial occupancy, move or incoming port.

DECREASE IN JOB INCOME/LOSS OF JOB
INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Fill out Request for Interim Adjustment Form
2) If reporting a loss of income, provide original employer verification of end date of employment:
– OR –
3) Fill out the top portion of the Employment Verification Form and the RHA will submit to your employer.
4) For Reduced Hours, 3 most recent paystubs
5) Return the completed packet, forms and any additional information in person on Interim Day to the RHA or through AssistanceCheck.  PLEASE

NOTE: An interim request consists of two parts: a request for a change and required verification documents supporting the requested change.
If either part is missing, an interim request has not been made and does not constitute as notifying the RHA of the change. If requested through AssistanceCheck without both parts, the request will be Denied/Closed. If submitted to the office, it will not be received by the housing authority. Permission to make as many copies of the Employment Verification Form as needed.

If you would like to request a 2nd Interim Decrease in a year, please click the Interim Hardship Form. Fill it out and return to the RHA office, or on Assistance Check with the requested Interim.

Please note: 

When moving and reporting a decrease, the move will be suspended to adjust the rent estimator down,  if the family fails to report the decrease during the term of the voucher, the family must wait after the initial 6 months before the interim for the decrease can be conducted.
Download this Interim Request Form
A family is required to report all changes in family composition.  A family member turning 18 is a required report.

Interim Request Change in Family
INSTRUCTIONS: 1) Fill out this Interim Change Request Form
2) If reporting a removal of a family member, indicate the family member you wish to remove and provide an updated lease with that member removed.
3) If reporting an addition of a family member under 18, provide birth certificate and social security card, court ordered custody, adoption papers, or Food Stamps receiving Medicaid for minor.
4) If reporting an addition of a family member over 18, NO ADULT MAY RESIDE IN THE UNIT WITHOUT WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE RHA. Provide birth certificate, social security card and valid Texas Identification. Fill out 18 year old packet. RHA will make an appointment with you.
5) Return the completed packet, form and any additional information in person to the RHA, and you will be notified by mail(or email if you’d prefer) of the outcome.
6) Return the completed packet, forms and any additional information in person on Interim Day to the RHA or through AssistanceCheck.PLEASE NOTE: An interim request consists of two parts: a request for a change and required verification documents supporting the requested change.
If either part is missing, an interim request has not been made and does not constitute as notifying the RHA of the change. If requested through AssistanceCheck without both parts, the request will be Denied/Closed. If submitted to the office, it will not be received by the housing authority.
Download this Interim Request Form
REPORT ALL CHANGES

CHANGE OF OTHER INCOME
INSTRUCTIONS: 
1. Fill out this Request for Interim Adjustment Form.2.  Provide verification of the change:-Child Support:  Provide recent payment printout from Texas Attorney General’s Office; OR fill out attached “Verification of Child Support Income” form-Social Security: Provide most recent award letter

–Contributions:  Complete attached “Verification of Contributions” form by both voucher holder and person contributing to household.

3.  Return the completed packet, verifications/forms and any additional information in person to the RHA or through your AssistanceCheck portal.

If you would like to request a 2nd Interim Decrease in a year, please click the Interim Hardship Form. Fill it out and return to the RHA office, or on Assistance Check with the requested Interim.
Download this Interim Request Form
REPORT ALL CHANGES!!

Increase of Job Income/New Job
INSTRUCTIONS:

1) Fill out this Interim Change Request Form
2) If reporting new income, 3 recent, consecutive paystubs;
– OR –
3) Fill out the top portion of the Employment Verification Form and the RHA will submit to your employer;
– OR –
4) Official hiring statement including start date, wage & hour information on company letterhead, signed by employer
5) Return the completed packet, forms and any additional information in person to the RHA or through AssistanceCheck.

Please note:  Reporting an increase is required, but the increase will not be processed if the family already has wage income greater than $7250.

If porting in or moving, all reported increases that require a change will result in an interim 60 days after the move in date
Download this Interim Request Form