[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: 24CFR5.218]



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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