What is the difference between ami and mfi

Eligible utilities include electricity, natural gas, propane, fuel oil, wood or coal, and water and sewage service, as well as garbage collection. The functions, or end-uses, covered by an allowance may include space heating, water heating, cooling, refrigeration, lighting, or appliances. Allowances are not provided for telephone service. For more information, visit the Housing Allowance Program on the HUD utility allowances web page , or the online utility schedule model used to calculate the allowances.

Departments Housing Income Limits. Home About Programs Media. The mandatory inclusionary zoning program in the District requires builders include units available at mostly 80 percent AMI, but also some at 50 percent. And affordable housing developments cap rents below market rate to ensure that families can live in these units without spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent. In the Channing Phillips Homes, a new affordable housing development in Shaw, apartments will be targeted at households earning up to 60 percent AMI.

Rents would be capped to ensure that households can afford the rent without paying more than 30 percent of their income.

Critics of these affordability standards argue that poor families in the city are disadvantaged by the AMI calculation. Since these suburbs have a higher median income than the city, the AMI for the region is higher than it would be for the city alone. There is virtually no housing assistance designed specifically for those families. Correction: The original version of this post reported median income and housing income requirements that were different from the rules. The post has been updated to with accurate numbers.

Photo by Images Money on Flickr. AMI also depends on household size. One chart is adjusted higher in recognition of the high housing costs in San Francisco. The other chart is the unadjusted calculation. Most City services use the unadjusted chart.

For City housing programs, we calculate nontaxable income and your dependents' income differently, if it helps you qualify. Read more about these special income calculations.