The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on May 21, 2026 issued a new requirement for certain federally assisted housing providers to reverify the immigration status of certain tenants within 30 days.

Within the next month, based on a new Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) report from the agency, owners participating in HUD’s project-based Section 8 program will need to verify eligibility and if needed, adjust the calculations for prorated rental assistance for mixed-status households.

The report is a follow-up from HUD’s January directive on immigration status verification of tenants, at which time the agency proceeded with the requirement for Public Housing but indicated to LeadingAge that further instructions were forthcoming for Multifamily Housing (MFH) owners.

HUD has confirmed to LeadingAge that this new requirement applies only to Project Based Section 8 properties and does not apply to Section 202 or 811 PRACs (owners should disregard this requirement for PRAC properties).

If an owner follows HUD instructions but does not see the EIV report for a particular property, that means that the property’s tenants were not flagged for discrepancies and the owner does not need to take action for that property. Discrepancies related to immigration status within the new EIV report do not necessarily mean that a tenant should lose housing assistance, and housing providers are still required to follow all the necessary steps to verify eligibility prior to making eligibility decisions.

LeadingAge is concerned with the potential for immigration enforcement actions at HUD-assisted properties as a result of data-sharing between HUD and immigration enforcement agencies, and we encourage housing providers to review our immigration enforcement preparedness resource for aging services providers.

Additionally, because generating the report required HUD to data share protected tenant information (without tenant consent) with the Department of Homeland Security to match it against immigration information, LeadingAge and other groups have questioned the legality of HUD’s verification directive. Despite the potential for forthcoming legal challenges, owners should continue to follow HUD guidance until further notice. 

View HUD’s EIV report instructions here.