3-26 Key Requirements

• A. Owners must verify all income, expenses, assets, family characteristics, and circumstances that affect family eligibility, order of applicant selection, or level of assistance.

• B. *Methods of verification acceptable to HUD listed in the order of priority:

  1. Up-front Income Verification (UIV)

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• (a) Using HUD’s EIV system for tenants (not available for applicants) ( Mandatory) ;

• (b) UIV using non-EIV system (Optional)

2. Third-party verification from source (written);

3. Third-party verification from source (oral); or

4. Family certification.

See Chapter 5, Paragraph 5-13 for more information on acceptable verification methods.*

• C. This section covers Verification of Family Composition, Verification of Family Type and Individual Status, Verification of the Need for an Assistance Animal, Verification of Income Eligibility, Collecting Proof of Social Security Numbers, and Verification of Citizenship and Immigration Status. See Chapter 5, Section 3, for other key requirements regarding verifications,including income verification, and Appendix 3 for information about verification methods.