[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: 24CFR5.230]



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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.  5.230  Consent by assistance applicants and participants.



    (a) Required consent by assistance applicants and participants. Each 

member of the family of an assistance applicant or participant who is at 

least 18 years of age, and each family head and spouse regardless of 

age, shall sign one or more consent forms.

    (b) Consent authorization--(1) To whom and when. The assistance 

applicant shall submit the signed consent forms to the processing entity 

when eligibility under a covered program is being determined. A 

participant shall sign and submit consent forms at the next regularly 

scheduled income reexamination. Assistance applicants and participants 

shall be responsible for the signing and submitting of consent forms by 

each applicable family member.

    (2) Subsequent consent forms--special cases. Participants are 

required to sign and submit consent forms at the next interim or 

regularly scheduled income reexamination under the following 

circumstances:

    (i) When any person 18 years or older becomes a member of the 

family;

    (ii) When a member of the family turns 18 years of age; and

    (iii) As required by HUD or the PHA in administrative instructions.

    (c) Consent form--contents. The consent form required by this 

section shall contain, at a minimum, the following:

    (1) A provision authorizing HUD and PHAs to obtain from SWICAs any 

information or materials necessary to complete or verify the application 

for participation and to maintain continued assistance under a covered 

program; and

    (2) A provision authorizing HUD, PHAs, or the owner responsible for 

determining eligibility for or the level of assistance to verify with 

previous or current employers income information pertinent to the 

assistance applicant's



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or participant's eligibility for or level of assistance under a covered 

program;

    (3) A provision authorizing HUD to request income return information 

from the IRS and the SSA for the sole purpose of verifying income 

information pertinent to the assistance applicant's or participant's 

eligibility or level of benefits; and

    (4) A statement that the authorization to release the information 

requested by the consent form expires 15 months after the date the 

consent form is signed.