[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR5.210]



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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.  5.210  Purpose, applicability, and Federal preemption.



    Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 3543, 3544, and 11901 et seq.



    Source: 61 FR 11113, Mar. 18, 1996, unless otherwise noted.





    (a) Purpose. This subpart B requires applicants for and participants 

in covered HUD programs to disclose, and submit documentation to verify, 

their Social Security Numbers (SSNs). This subpart B also enables HUD 

and PHAs to obtain income information about applicants and participants 

in the covered programs through computer matches with State Wage 

Information Collection Agencies (SWICAs) and Federal agencies, in order 

to verify an applicant's or participant's eligibility for or level of 

assistance. The purpose of this subpart B is to enable HUD to decrease 

the incidence of fraud, waste, and abuse in the covered programs.

    (b) Applicability. (1) This subpart B applies to mortgage and loan 

insurance and coinsurance and housing assistance programs contained in 

chapter II, subchapter B, and chapters VIII and IX of this title.

    (2) The information covered by consent forms described in this 

subpart involves income information from SWICAs, and wages, net earnings 

from self-employment, payments of retirement income, and unearned income 

as referenced at 26 U.S.C. 6103. In addition, consent forms may 

authorize the collection of other information from applicants and 

participants to determine eligibility or level of benefits.

    (c) Federal preemption. This subpart B preempts any State law, 

including restrictions and penalties, that governs the collection and 

use of income information to the extent State law is inconsistent with 

this subpart.



[61 FR 11113, Mar. 18, 1996, as amended at 65 FR 16715, Mar. 29, 2000]