HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 5-20
*Security of EIV Data (HUD Occupancy Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 CHG-4)
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HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 5-20
The data in EIV contains personal information on individual tenants that is covered by
the Privacy Act. The information in EIV may only be used for limited official purposes.
A. Owners, in connection with the administration of their project, may only use the
employment and income information in EIV at the time of recertification, or at
other times as addressed in their policies and procedures.
B. Owners cannot share the EIV income information with governmental entities not
involved in the recertification process used for HUD’s assisted housing programs,
e.g., the LIHTC program and RHS Section 515 program.
See Chapter 9, Enterprise Income Verification (EIV), for additional information on official
use of EIV information.*Source: Legislative text reproduced verbatim
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