Access to Utility Service: 10.4 Seasonal Utility Allowances and Carryover Credits
In 1996, HUD amended its regulations to provide that utility allowances “may provide for seasonal variations.”178 HUD went on to specifically exclude consumption for air conditioning from the utility allowances for retail-metered public housing tenants and directed public housing authorities (PHAs) to surcharge check-metered tenants for their use of optional air-conditioning equipment.179