HUD IT System Will Open for PHA Input of Debtor Information in Two Weeks.

HUD has a planned Federal Register Privacy Act notification for tomorrow HERE that will announce HUD IT system changes that will allow PHA's to enter and share debtor information.

From the Notification:

"Effective September 14, 2009, PHAs will have the ability to enter the following information into EIV:
1. Amount of debt owed by a former tenant to a PHA;
2. If applicable, indication of executed repayment agreement;
3. If applicable, indication of bankruptcy filing;
4. If applicable, the reason for any adverse termination of the family from a
Federally assisted housing program.
This information will be used by HUD to create a national repository of families that owe a debt to a PHA and/or have been terminated from a Federally assisted housing program. This national repository will be available within the EIV system for all PHAs to access during the time of application for rental assistance. PHAs will be able to access this information to determine a family’s suitability for rental assistance, and avoid providing limited Federal housing assistance to families who either: 1) owe a debt to a PHA; or 2) have previously been unable to comply with HUD program requirements

This has flown below my radar screen until now. If that is true for others, it is possible there will be some controversy from this announcement.

Originally created and posted on the Oregon Housing Blog.