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HUD Handbook 4350.3: Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs

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HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 — Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs · 2026 edition · updated 2026-10-05 · United States

  1. Assistance in subsidized housing is restricted to the following:

    • a. U.S. citizens or nationals; and

    • b. Noncitizens that have eligible immigration status.

  2. All applicants for assistance must be given notice of the requirement to submit evidence of citizenship or eligible immigration status at the time of application. The entity responsible for receiving the documentation, where possible, must arrange to provide the notice in a language that is understood by the individual if the person is not proficient in English. (See Exhibits 3-3 and 3-4 for a sample notice and its accompanying Family Summary Sheet.)

  3. All family members, regardless of age, must declare their citizenship or immigration status. (See Exhibit 3-5 for a Sample Citizenship Declaration. Noncitizens (except those age 62 and older) must sign a Verification Consent Form (see Sample Verification Consent Form in Exhibit 3-6) and submit documentation of their status or sign a declaration that they do not claim to have eligible status. Noncitizens age 62 and older must sign a declaration of eligible immigration status and provide a proof of age document. U.S. citizens must sign a declaration of citizenship. Owners may establish a policy of requiring additional proof of citizenship for those declaring to be U.S. citizens or nationals.

  4. A mixed family—a family with one or more ineligible family members and one or more eligible family members—may receive prorated assistance, continued assistance, or a temporary deferral of termination of assistance. See subparagraphs O, P and Q below for the requirements that must be met for a mixed family to be eligible for assistance.

  5. Applicants who hold a noncitizen student visa are ineligible for assistance, as are any noncitizen family members living with the student. For

HUD Occupancy Handbook Chapter 3: Eligibility for Assistance and Occupancy

06/07

3-25

Section 1: Program Eligibility noncitizen students with a citizen spouse or citizen children, see the rules in paragraph 3-12 R.2 below.

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HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 — Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs

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