5-12 Verification Requirements

• A. Key Requirements

  1. Owners must verify all income, assets, expenses, deductions, family characteristics, and circumstances that affect family eligibility or level of assistance.

  2. Owners must use the EIV Income Report for third party verification of a tenant’s employment and income at the time of recertification (annual and interim) and to assist in reducing administrative and subsidy payment errors.

  3. Applicants and adult family members must sign consent forms to authorize the owner to collect information to verify eligibility, income, assets, expenses, and deductions . Applicants and tenants who do not sign required consent forms will not receive assistance .

  4. Household members must disclose and provide verification of their complete and accurate SSN except for those individuals who do not contend eligible immigration status, and tenants age 62 or older as of January 31, 2010, whose initial determination of eligibility was begun before January 31, 2010. See Paragraphs 3-9 and 3-31 for SSN disclosure and verification requirements.

  5. The owner must handle any information obtained to verify eligibility or income in accordance with the Privacy Act .

HUD Occupancy Handbook Chapter 5: Determining Income & Calculating Rent

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Section 3: Verification

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