HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 9-8

A.       Owners must use the EIV system in its entirety. To do this, the owner must use:

                 1.       EIV Income Report as a third party source to verify a tenant’s
                          employment and income during mandatory recertifications (annual and
                          interim) of family composition and income, and

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2.       Other EIV Income Reports (Income Discrepancy Report, New Hires
                          Report, No Income Reported on 50059, and No Income Reported by HHS
                          or SSA) to identify issues or discrepancies which may impact a family’s
                          assistance; and

                 3.       EIV Verification Reports (Existing Tenant Search, Multiple Subsidy
                          Report, Identity Verification Reports, and Deceased Tenants Report) that
                          further assists in reducing subsidy payment errors.

        B.       Owners must:

                 1.       Use the Existing Tenant Search in EIV as part of their screening criteria
                          for new tenants and must include written policies for using the search in
                          their Tenant Selection Plan. (See Chapter 4, Section 1 for a discussion
                          on requirements of the Tenant Selection Plan.)

                 2.       Develop policies and procedures for staff to follow for using the EIV
                          Income reports and remaining Verification Reports

                 3.       Have current, signed consent forms HUD-9887 on file before accessing
                          the employment and income information in EIV for a tenant. (See
                          Chapter 3, Paragraph 3-11 for a discussion on the requirements on
                          consent forms.)

        C.       Owners may not suspend, terminate, reduce, make a final denial of rental
                 assistance, or take any other adverse action against an individual based solely
                 on the date in EIV. See Chapter 8, Section 4 for information on investigating
                 discrepancies and errors and determining fraud.