HUD and HHS swap tenant data—Privacy Act says okay.
Published Date: 8/4/2026
Notice
Summary
Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, HUD is providing notice of its intent to re-establish a matching program with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for a recurring matching program with HUD's Office of Public and Indian Housing (PIH) and Multifamily Housing (MFH), involving comparisons of information pertaining to participants in authorized HUD rental housing assistance program with the independent sources of income information available through the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) maintained by HHS. After verifying the comparison outcomes, HUD will upload the information into the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system of records, maintained by HUD, and make it available to: (1) Program administrators such as public housing agencies (PHAs) and private owners and management agents (O/As) (collectively referred to as POAs) to enable them to verify the accuracy of income reported by the tenants (participants) of HUD rental assistance programs and (2) contract administrators (CAs) overseeing and monitoring O/A operations as well as independent public auditors (IPAs) that audit both PHAs and O/As. The most recent renewal of the current matching agreement expires on September 8, 2026.
Analyzed Economic Effects
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HUD matches tenant income to NDNH
Starting on or after September 9, 2026, HUD will compare tenant records to the National Directory of New Hires (NDNH) and upload verified results into HUD's Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system so public housing agencies and private owners/agents can verify tenant employment and income and determine rent and assistance levels. The matching is intended to identify, prevent, and recover improper payments for HUD rental assistance programs during the matching period through March 8, 2028.
Matched data shared with auditors and law enforcement
HUD may disclose matched NDNH and verification results to public housing agencies, private owners/management agents, contract administrators, independent public auditors, the HUD Office of Inspector General, and the U.S. Attorney General, and may redisclose limited reports to persons involved in grievance or judicial proceedings. The disclosures are for verifying income, auditing whether subsidies were calculated correctly, and detecting or investigating potential fraud, waste, and abuse.
Which HUD programs are covered
The matching program applies to participants in named HUD rental assistance programs including Disaster Housing Assistance Program (DHAP), Public Housing, Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers, Project-Based Vouchers, Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation, multiple Project-Based Section 8 categories (New Construction; State Agency Financed; Substantial Rehabilitation; Sections 202/8; Rural Housing Services Section 515/8; LMSA; PDSA), Section 101 Rent Supplement, Section 202/162 PAC, Section 202 PRAC, Section 811 PRAC, Section 236 Rental Assistance Program, and Section 221(d)(3) BMIR. This notice explicitly states it does not apply to the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) or Rural Housing Services Section 515 without Section 8.
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