Document Package for Applicant's/Tenant's Consent to the Release Of Information
Penalties for Misusing this Consent:
HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 — Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · United States
HUD, the O/A, and any PHA (or any employee of HUD, the O/A, or the PHA) may be subject to penalties for unauthorized disclosures or improper uses of information collected based on the consent form.
Use of the information collected based on the form HUD 9887 is restricted to the purposes cited on the form HUD 9887. Any person who knowingly or willfully requests, obtains, or discloses any information under false pretenses concerning an applicant or tenant may be subject to a misdemeanor and fined not more than $5,000.
Any applicant or tenant affected by negligent disclosure of information may bring civil action for damages, and seek other relief, as may be appropriate, against the officer or employee of HUD, the Owner or the PHA responsible for the unauthorized disclosure or improper use.
Original is retained on file at the project site ref. Handbooks 4350.3 Rev-1, 4571.1, 4571.2 & form HUD-9887 (02/2007) 4571.3 and HOPE II Notice of Program Guidelines
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Housing Federal Housing Commissioner
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