Updated EIV Notice Released

A revised EIV Notice, H 2013-06, was issued on March 12, 2013. The notification was sent via RHIIP Listserv Posting #298 and supersedes all previous EIV Notices (H 2011-21, H 2008-03, H 2009-20, and H 2010-10).
The 78-page H 2013-06 Notice is posted on HUDCLIPS.

There were no significant changes in this Notice.  Changes were:

1.  Section 811 PRAD projects are included and must use EIV.

2.  The three Reports added by HUD since Notice 2011-21 are included.  None have HUD requirements for being printed or used, either in the text or in Appendix 6.  Your EIV Policies and Procedures must mention them and indicate if/how you will use them. These Reports are:

(a)  No Income Reported on 50059 (if you use it, it must be run for “all tenants”)

(b)  No Income Reported by HHS or SSA  (if you use it, it must be run for “all tenants”)
As before, HUD would like the No Income Reports to be used to identify zero-income households, and recommends that properties have zero-income policies and that tenant income be reviewed at least quarterly. However, no requirements have been added.

(c)  Number of Households Not Verified (Verification in Process)
The Notice states that the Not Verified Report is provided as a courtesy so that management knows why there is no EIV data for these residents, and that there are no use or retention requirements.

3.   The Notice acknowledges the fact that the New Hires Report can now also be accessed from the Verification Reports menu. There are no changed requirements.

4.   The Notice acknowledges the fact that the Multiple Subsidy Report now searches both PIH and MF,   and does not need to be run twice.

5.  Section XI (B) states that EIV violations can be identified during an MOR and will cause a finding. New with the Notice is the stipulation that an EIV violation can be identified at times other than during an MOR, and any appropriate voucher penalty and APPS flag will last until the violation is cured (whether it was related to an MOR finding or not).

6.   The Notice updates the annual online Security Training Requirement to the proper CyberAwareness Challenge link.

Interestingly, Attachment 8, showing MOR Findings related to EIV, was not updated, and is not consistent with the newly-released Form 9834, which details much more stringent review requirements for EIV.