HUD Finalizes Verification of Eligible Status Rule: HUD-Funded Housing Limited to U.S. Citizens and Eligible Noncitizens
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced in Washington on November 10 that Secretary Scott Turner has finalized the Verification of Eligible Status rule, guaranteeing that only American citizens and certain eligible noncitizens will reside in HUD-funded housing.
The rule strengthens HUD's enforcement of the law by requiring verification of U.S. citizenship or eligible immigration status for all applicants and tenants in covered HUD programs, including tenants currently living in mixed-status households. Individuals who declare U.S. citizenship must provide appropriate documentation, and individuals declaring eligible immigration status must submit evidence for verification.
HUD said an audit it conducted with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) of all HUD-assisted households identified nearly 200,000 tenants with incomplete or unknown eligibility verification, and that HUD-funded housing serves only a quarter of eligible households in need.
Secretary Scott Turner said President Trump had warned that the days of illegal aliens and ineligible noncitizens exploiting government-funded welfare programs would be over, and that it is unacceptable for America's homeless veterans, disabled, elderly and victims of domestic violence to languish on waitlists while others scam the system, adding that American taxpayers will no longer foot the bill.
HUD said the final rule builds on President Trump's Executive Order, Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders. Under Secretary Turner, HUD has signed a data-sharing memorandum with DHS to identify ineligible recipients and take enforcement action; revised Federal Housing Administration (FHA) residency requirements so FHA-backed loans go only to American citizens, with loans for non-permanent residents falling to nearly zero percent; required public housing authorities to validate the citizenship status of all tenants or risk losing funding; and launched a crime-reporting hotline for HUD-funded housing.
(Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development)
Source: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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Photo: 图：位于华盛顿的美国住房与城市发展部（HUD）总部 Robert C. Weaver 联邦大楼。美国国会图书馆藏 Carol M. Highsmith 摄，公共领域。 / Photo: The Robert C. Weaver Federal Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Washington. Photo by Carol M. Highsmith, Library of Congress, public domain.
