[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 4]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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

[CITE: 24CFR960.259]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 

               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 960_ADMISSION TO, AND OCCUPANCY OF, PUBLIC HOUSING--Table of Contents

 

                    Subpart C_Rent and Reexamination

 

Sec.  960.259  Family information and verification.



    (a) Family obligation to supply information. (1) The family must 

supply any information that the PHA or HUD determines is necessary in 

administration of the public housing program, including submission of 

required evidence of citizenship or eligible immigration status (as 

provided by part 5, subpart E of this title). ``Information'' includes 

any requested certification, release or other documentation.

    (2) The family must supply any information requested by the PHA or 

HUD for use in a regularly scheduled reexamination or an interim 

reexamination of family income and composition in accordance with HUD 

requirements.

    (3) For requirements concerning the following, see part 5, subpart B 

of this title:

    (i) Family verification and disclosure of social security numbers;

    (ii) Family execution and submission of consent forms for obtaining 

wage and claim information from State Wage Information Collection 

Agencies (SWICAs).

    (4) Any information supplied by the family must be true and 

complete.

    (b) Family release and consent. (1) As a condition of admission to 

or continued assistance under the program, the PHA shall require the 

family head, and such other family members as the PHA designates, to 

execute a consent form (including any release and consent as required 

under Sec.  5.230 of this title) authorizing any depository or private 

source of income, or any Federal, State or local agency, to furnish or 

release to the PHA or HUD such information as the PHA or HUD determines 

to be necessary.

    (2) The use or disclosure of information obtained from a family or 

from another source pursuant to this release and consent shall be 

limited to purposes directly connected with administration of the 

program.

    (c) PHA responsibility for reexamination and verification. (1) The 

PHA must obtain and document in the family file third party verification 

of the following factors, or must document in the file why third party 

verification was not available:

    (i) Reported family annual income;

    (ii) The value of assets;

    (iii) Expenses related to deductions from annual income; and

    (iv) Other factors that affect the determination of adjusted income 

or income-based rent.