[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR5.218]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 5_GENERAL HUD PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS; WAIVERS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B_Disclosure and Verification of Social Security Numbers and 
    Employer Identification Numbers; Procedures for Obtaining Income 
                               Information
 
Sec. 5.218  Penalties for failing to disclose and verify Social Security 
and Employer Identification Numbers.

    (a) Denial of eligibility: assistance applicants and individual 
owner applicants. The processing entity must deny the eligibility of an 
assistance applicant or individual owner applicant in accordance with 
the provisions governing the program involved, if the assistance or 
individual owner applicant does not meet the applicable SSN disclosure, 
documentation and verification, and certification requirements specified 
in Sec. 5.216.
    (b) Denial of eligibility: entity applicants. The processing entity 
must deny the eligibility of an entity applicant in accordance with the 
provisions governing the program involved; if:
    (1) The entity applicant does not meet the applicable EIN disclosure 
and verification requirements specified in Sec. 5.216; or
    (2) Any of the officials of the entity applicant referred to in 
Sec. 5.216(c) does not meet the applicable SSN disclosure, and 
documentation and verification requirements specified in Sec. 5.216.
    (c) Termination of assistance or tenancy: participants. The 
processing entity must terminate the assistance or tenancy, or both, of 
a participant, in accordance with the provisions governing the program 
involved, if the participant does not meet the applicable SSN 
disclosure, documentation and verification, and certification 
requirements specified in Sec. 5.216.
    (d) Cross reference. Individuals should consult the regulations and 
administrative instructions for the programs covered under this subpart 
B for further information on the use of SSNs and EINs in determinations 
regarding eligibility.

    Procedures for Obtaining Income Information About Applicants and 
                              Participants