Federal Register #2026-15753

HUD Notice: Re-establishment of Data Matching Program with HHS for Income Verification

This notice announces HUD's intent to re-establish a data matching program with HHS for income verification in rental assistance programs. - Government Buyer: - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) - Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) - Multifamily Housing (MFH) - Program Details: - Data matching with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Utilizes the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) for independent income data - Results are uploaded to HUD's Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system - Supports program administrators, contract administrators, and independent public auditors - Purpose and Requirements: - Detect, prevent, and recover improper payments in HUD rental assistance programs - Ensure accurate income reporting by program participants - Authorized under the Social Security Act - No procurement of products or services is involved; this is a notice of an interagency data sharing initiative.

Description

HUD is providing notice of its intent to re-establish a matching program with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) involving HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing and Multifamily Housing. The program compares information of participants in HUD rental housing assistance programs with income data from the National Directory of New Hires maintained by HHS. Verified information will be uploaded into HUD's Enterprise Income Verification system and made available to program administrators and contract administrators to verify tenant income and monitor operations. The program aims to detect and prevent improper payments and ensure accurate income reporting. The current matching agreement expires on September 8, 2026, and the new program period is estimated from September 9, 2026 through March 8, 2028.

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