[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR960.259]

[Page 442-443]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 960--ADMISSION TO, AND OCCUPANCY OF, PUBLIC HOUSING--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Rent and Reexamination
 
Sec. 960.259  Family information and verification.

    (a) Family obligation to supply information. (1) The family must 
supply any information that the PHA or HUD determines is necessary in 
administration of the public housing program, including submission of 
required evidence of citizenship or eligible immigration status (as 
provided by part 5, subpart E of this title). ``Information'' includes 
any requested certification, release or other documentation.
    (2) The family must supply any information requested by the PHA or 
HUD for use in a regularly scheduled reexamination or an interim 
reexamination of family income and composition in accordance with HUD 
requirements.
    (3) For requirements concerning the following, see part 5, subpart B 
of this title:
    (i) Family verification and disclosure of social security numbers;
    (ii) Family execution and submission of consent forms for obtaining 
wage and claim information from State Wage Information Collection 
Agencies (SWICAs).
    (4) Any information supplied by the family must be true and 
complete.

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    (b) Family release and consent. (1) As a condition of admission to 
or continued assistance under the program, the PHA shall require the 
family head, and such other family members as the PHA designates, to 
execute a consent form (including any release and consent as required 
under Sec. 5.230 of this title) authorizing any depository or private 
source of income, or any Federal, State or local agency, to furnish or 
release to the PHA or HUD such information as the PHA or HUD determines 
to be necessary.
    (2) The use or disclosure of information obtained from a family or 
from another source pursuant to this release and consent shall be 
limited to purposes directly connected with administration of the 
program.
    (c) PHA responsibility for reexamination and verification. (1) The 
PHA must obtain and document in the family file third party verification 
of the following factors, or must document in the file why third party 
verification was not available:
    (i) Reported family annual income;
    (ii) The value of assets;
    (iii) Expenses related to deductions from annual income; and
    (iv) Other factors that affect the determination of adjusted income 
or income-based rent.