[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: 24CFR5.234]



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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.  5.234  Requests for information from SWICAs and Federal agencies; 

restrictions on use.



    (a) Information available from SWICAs and Federal agencies--to whom 

and what. Income information will generally be obtained through computer 

matching agreements between HUD and a SWICA or Federal agency, or 

between a PHA and a SWICA, as described in paragraph (c) of this 

section. Certification that the applicable assistance applicants and 

participants have signed appropriate consent forms and have received the 

necessary Privacy Act notice is required, as follows:

    (1) When HUD requests the computer match, the processing entity 

shall certify to HUD; and

    (2) When the PHA requests the computer match, the PHA shall certify 

to the SWICA.

    (b) Restrictions on use of information. The restrictions of 42 

U.S.C. 3544(c)(2)(A) apply to the use by HUD or a PHA of income 

information obtained from a SWICA. The restrictions of 42 U.S.C. 

3544(c)(2)(A) and of 26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(7) apply to the use by HUD or a 

PHA of income information obtained from the IRS or SSA.

    (c) Computer matching agreements. Computer matching agreements shall 

specify the purpose and the legal authority for the match, and shall 

include a description of the records to be matched, a statement 

regarding disposition of information generated through the match, a 

description of the administrative and technical safeguards to be used in 

protecting the information obtained through the match, a description of 

the use of records, the restrictions on duplication and redisclosure, a 

certification, and the amount that will be charged for processing a 

request.



(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 

2508-0008)