June 1, 2026 Update: Following the May 21 report (below), many LeadingAge members have reported difficulty accessing the report, whether due to systems errors, technical issues, or log-in failures. We have reported these issues to HUD. In addition, beginning in late May, the report was not operational for several days. LeadingAge will keep members up to date on the status of the report, and we have requested that HUD extend the 30-day deadline. In the meantime, LeadingAge recommends that housing providers document each attempt to access the report.

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 for certain tenants and if needed, adjust assistance determinations, including 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 have the new EIV/SAVE report assigned for a particular property, that means that none of the property’s tenants were not flagged for discrepancies and the owner does not need to take action for that property.

If a property is assigned a immigration verification report, the owner/agent should reverify the tenant information in the SAVE database and print any confirmations of status for the tenant file. If eligible status cannot be confirmed in SAVE, the owner/agent should follow the verification steps as outlined in the handbook, per HUD’s instructions.

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 for both citizens and non-citizens (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. 

Lastly, LeadingAge has significant concerns related to tenant privacy within the new EIV report. Some owners and agents accessing the EIV/SAVE report have reported being able to see tenant data from properties that they are unaffiliated with, which presents a serious privacy violation for tenants. In addition, the practice of pulling an ad hoc EIV report does not align with property EIV policies.

View HUD’s EIV report instructions here.