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. Administrative Plan 4/1/16 <br />. <br />Page 6-30 <br />The disability expense deduction is capped by the amount of “earned income received by family <br />members who are 18 years of age or older and who are able to work” because of the expense [24 <br />CFR 5.611(a)(3)(ii)]. The earned income used for this purpose is the amount verified before any <br />earned income disallowances or income exclusions are applied. <br />SAHA Policy <br />The family must identify the family members enabled to work as a result of the disability <br />assistance expenses. In evaluating the family’s request, SAHA will consider factors such <br />as how the work schedule of the relevant family members relates to the hours of care <br />provided, the time required for transportation, the relationship of the family members to <br />the person with disabilities, and any special needs of the person with disabilities that <br />might determine which family members are enabled to work. <br />When SAHA determines that the disability assistance expenses enable more than one <br />family member to work, the expenses will be capped by the sum of the family members’ <br />incomes. <br />Eligible Disability Expenses <br />Examples of auxiliary apparatus are provided in the HCV Guidebook as follows: “Auxiliary <br />apparatus are items such as wheelchairs, ramps, adaptations to vehicles, or special equipment to <br />enable a blind person to read or type, but only if these items are directly related to permitting the <br />disabled person or other family member to work” [HCV GB, p. 5-30]. <br />HUD advises PHAs to further define and describe auxiliary apparatus [VG, p. 30]. <br />Eligible Auxiliary Apparatus <br />SAHA Policy <br />Expenses incurred for maintaining or repairing an auxiliary apparatus is eligible. In the <br />case of an apparatus that is specially adapted to accommodate a person with disabilities <br />(e.g., a vehicle or computer), the cost to maintain the special adaptations (but not <br />maintenance of the apparatus itself) is an eligible expense. The cost of service animals <br />trained to give assistance to persons with disabilities, including the cost of acquiring the <br />animal, veterinary care, food, grooming, and other continuing costs of care, will be <br />included. <br />Eligible Attendant Care <br />The family determines the type of attendant care that is appropriate for the person with <br />disabilities. <br />SAHA Policy <br />Attendant care includes, but is not limited to, reasonable costs for home medical care, <br />nursing services, in-home or center-based care services, interpreters for persons with <br />hearing impairments, and readers for persons with visual disabilities. <br />Attendant care expenses will be included for the period that the person enabled to work is <br />employed plus reasonable transportation time. The cost of general housekeeping and <br />personal services is not an eligible attendant care expense. However, if the person <br />3-158