ref.
Handbooks
7420.7, 7420.8, & 7465.1
Original is retained by the requesting organization.
Authorization
for the Release of Information/
Privacy Act Notice
to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
and the Housing Agency/Authority (HA)
U.S. Department of Housing
and Urban Development
Office of Public and Indian Housing
PHA
requesting
release of
information;
(Cross out space if none) IHA
requesting
release of
information:
(Cross out space if none)
(Full address, name of contact person, and date) (Full address, name of contact person, and date)
Authority: Section 904 of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless
Assistance Amendments Act of 1988, as amended by Section
903
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
and
Section 3003 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1993.
This law is found at 42 U.S.C.
3544.
This law requires that you sign a consent form authorizing: (1)
HUD and the Housing Agency/Authority (HA) to request verifi-
cation of salary and wages from current or previous employers; (2)
HUD and the HA to request wage and unemployment
compensa-
tion claim information from the state agency responsible for
keeping that information; (3) HUD to request certain tax return
information from the U.S. Social Security Administration and
the
U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The law also requires
independent
verification of income information. Therefore, HUD or the
HA
may request information from financial institutions to verify your
eligibility and level of
benefits.
Purpose: In signing this consent form, you are authorizing
HUD
and the above-named HA to request income information from
the
sources listed on the form. HUD and the HA need this
information
to verify your household’s income, in order to ensure that you are
eligible for assisted housing benefits and that these benefits are
set
at the correct level. HUD and the HA may participate in
computer
matching programs with these sources in order to verify your
eligibility and level of
benefits.
Uses of Information to be Obtained: HUD is required to protect
the income information it obtains in accordance with the
Privacy
Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a. HUD may disclose
information
(other than tax return information) for certain routine uses, such
as
to other government agencies for law enforcement purposes,
to
Federal agencies for employment suitability purposes and to
HAs
for the purpose of determining housing assistance. The HA is
also
required to protect the income information it obtains in accordance
with any applicable State privacy law. HUD and HA
employees
may be subject to penalties for unauthorized disclosures or im-
proper uses of the income information that is obtained based on
the
consent form. Private owners may not request or
receive
information authorized by this
form.
Who Must Sign the Consent Form: Each member of your
household who is 18 years of age or older must sign the
consent
form. Additional signatures must be obtained from new
adult
members joining the household or whenever members of
the
household become 18 years of age.
Persons who apply for or receive assistance under the
following
programs are required to sign this consent form:
PHA-owned rental public
housing
Turnkey III Homeownership
Opportunities
Mutual Help Homeownership
Opportunity
Section 23 and 19(c) leased
housing
Section 23 Housing Assistance
Payments
HA-owned rental Indian
housing
Section 8 Rental
Certificate
Section 8 Rental Voucher
Section 8 Moderate
Rehabilitation
Failure to Sign Consent Form: Your failure to sign the
consent
form may result in the denial of eligibility or termination of assisted
housing benefits, or both. Denial of eligibility or termi- nation of
benefits is subject to the HA’s grievance procedures
and
Section 8
informal hearing procedures.
Sources of Information To Be
Obtained
State Wage Information Collection Agencies. (This consent
is
limited to wages and unemployment compensation I have re-
ceived during period(s) within the last 5 years when I
have
received
assisted housing benefits.)
U.S. Social Security Administration (HUD only) (This consent
is
limited to the wage and self employment information and pay-
ments of retirement income as referenced at Section 6103(l)(7)(A)
of the Internal Revenue
Code.)
U.S. Internal Revenue Service (HUD only) (This consent
is
limited
to unearned income [i.e., interest and
dividends].)
Information may also be obtained directly from: (a) current
and
former employers concerning salary and wages and (b) financial
institutions concerning unearned income (i.e., interest and
divi-
dends). I understand that income information obtained from
these
sources will be used to verify information that I provide
in
determining eligibility for assisted housing programs and the
level
of benefits. Therefore, this consent form only authorizes release
directly from employers and financial institutions of
information
regarding any period(s) within the last 5 years when I
have
received
assisted housing
benefits.
LOUISIANA HOUSING AUTHORITY
Project Based Voucher Program
1690 North Blvd
Baton Rouge, LA 70802