HUD HCV Guidebook § 2.2

Disclosure of Social Security Numbers and compliance with verification requirements. The household must9
sign consent forms and provide requested verification materials to allow the PHA to verify the household’s
information. The applicant must10 also disclose and document the SSNs of all family members (with a few
exceptions described in Section 8, Disclosure of Social Security Numbers). SSNs only need to be verified once
per household member.
Background screening. The PHA must11 conduct background screenings to ensure no member of the
household is subject to a lifetime sex offender registration requirement. All adult household members must12
sign a criminal background consent form to authorize the PHA to conduct background screenings. PHAs may
establish additional nondiscriminatory criteria for admission. If the PHA chooses to establish additional
criteria, the standards must13 be applied consistently and be listed in the PHAs’ administrative plan. Details
on which other types of activity may result in denial of assistance and the PHAs options for setting additional
criteria are discussed in Section 9, Background Screening.
Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system searches. PHAs must11 use HUD’s EIV system to search for all
household members using the Existing Tenant Search and all adult household members in the Search for
Former Tenant. All adult household members must also sign the HUD-52675. The PHA may be required to
deny assistance to household members who are already receiving assistance from another program or who
owe an outstanding debt to another PHA. More information on the required searches and interpreting the
results is provided in Section 10, EIV Searches at Admission.