3-11 Consent and Verification — HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1

A. Key Requirements

Adult members of a family must sign consent forms and, as necessary, verification documents, so that the owner can verify sources of family income and family size. The owner must consider a family ineligible if the adult members refuse to sign applicable consent and verification forms. See Chapter 5, Section 3, for additional detailed information on these forms.

All members of an applicant or tenant family who are at least 18 years of age and each family head, spouse or co-head, regardless of age, must sign and date the HUD-required consent forms (form HUD-9887, Notice and Consent for the Release of Information to HUD and to a PHA and form HUD-9887-A, Applicant’s/Tenant’s Consent to the Release of Information Verification by Owners of Information Supplied by Individuals Who Apply for Housing Assistance ) *at the initial certification and each

HUD Occupancy Handbook Chapter 3: Eligibility for Assistance and Occupancy

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Section 1: Program Eligibility recertification*. All adults regardless of whether they report income must sign and date these forms.

*A current form HUD-9887:
a. Must be on file before owners access the EIV employment and income information for a tenant.
b. Does not have to be on file to use the EIV Verification Reports. This includes the Existing Tenant Search for applicants.*

All adult members of an applicant or tenant family must sign individual verification forms authorizing the owner to verify family income and other applicable eligibility factors (e.g., disability status).
Consent and verification forms protect the rights and privacy of tenants and applicants by allowing them to have control over any information collected about them. See Appendix 6 for sample formats.
Owners must comply with the provisions of the federal Privacy Act as well as any state or local laws relating to confidentiality.