Virginia Law

Owners shall be responsible for obtaining and maintaining all documentation required by the authority to evidence that the tax credit units qualify for tax credits under the program. Owners will be responsible for providing this documentation to the authority for review within 30 days following the end of each calendar year; provided, however, that the documents listed in subdivisions 2 a, b, c and g of this section must be submitted at the time that the eligible tenant was determined by the owner to be eligible. The tax credit unit will not qualify for tax credits if all required documents, in the form required by the authority, are not so provided. Required documentation to be submitted to the authority includes, but is not limited to, the following:

1. A listing (including dates of occupancy) of all tenants who occupy or occupied a tax credit unit entitled to a tax credit for that year.

2. A complete certification package for each eligible tenant receiving the reduced rent. The certification must include:

a. A completed and executed confirmation of resident eligibility form.

b. Verification of income.

c. Verification of age, disability or previous homelessness.

d. A certification from the tenant verifying:

(1) What unit type/size was occupied;

(2) Number of months said unit was occupied;

(3) The amount of rent paid;

(4) How many months that amount of rent was paid; and

(5) In the case of the tax credits claimed for any period after June 30, 1996, and before January 1, 2000 (except for tax credits claimed for units occupied by previously homeless tenants), occupancy of the tax credit unit by the tenant on June 30, 1996.

e. A certification of the owner that preference in occupancy of the tax credit units was given to eligible tenants whose incomes were less than or equal to 50% of the median income for the area (the waiting list for tax credit units during the calendar year identifying the persons applying for such units and their incomes shall be maintained by the owner and shall be available for inspection by the authority).

f. Rent rolls for the comparable units in the same property as the tax credit units setting forth the rents charged to other tenants, if rents for such comparable units are to be used to determine the amount of the rent reduction pursuant to 13VAC10-160-30.

g. Copies of leases for each tax credit unit.

h. In the case of the tax credits claimed for any period after June 30, 1996, and before January 1, 2000, other than tax credits claimed for units occupied by previously homeless persons, a certification of the owner that a tax credit for rental reductions was validly claimed on the tax credit unit for all or part of the month of June 1996, and that the tenant receiving such rental reductions was an occupant of such tax credit unit on June 30, 1996.

i. In the case of the tax credits claimed for any period on and after January 1, 2000, and prior to January 1, 2006, a certification of the owner that a tax credit was validly claimed for the unit for all or part of the month of December 1999.

j. In the case of the tax credits claimed for any period on and after January 1, 2006, a certification of the owner that a tax credit was validly claimed for the unit for all or part of the month of December 1999 and that the tenant was an occupant of such unit on December 31, 2005.

In the event of termination of occupancy, the rent reduction shall be calculated pro rata based upon the number of days determined in the following manner. In the event of death of the only elderly person, person with a disability or previously homeless person occupying a tax credit unit, the owner must obtain a copy of the death certificate or must provide other acceptable documentation of death; and the number of days for which an owner is entitled to tax credits on such deceased person's tax credit unit shall be determined by the date of death. If the eligible tenant abandons the tax credit unit, the earliest of the date the owner discovers the tax credit unit is vacant, the date any utility company terminates service on the tax credit unit, or the date 30 days after abandonment will be used to determine the number of days for which the tax credit unit is entitled to the tax credit. If the tax credit unit shall not be so abandoned but the eligible tenant shall not occupy the tax credit unit for a period of 30 days (or such longer period of time as the executive director may approve), the end of such period shall be used to determine the number of days for which the tax credit unit is entitled to the tax credit. If the lease is terminated for any reason other than those set forth above in this paragraph, the effective date of termination shall be used to determine the number of days for which the tax credit unit is entitled to the tax credit.