On August 17, HUD issued yet another notice on the topic of Enterprise Income Verification (EIV). HUD Notice H2011-21 replaces all prior EIV notices, the most recent of which was HUD Notice H2010-10. The latest notice included the following:
* Independent Public Auditors (IPA’s) may use printed documents when auditing an owner’s compliance. However, EIV data that is mailed cannot be sent to an IPA’s office; it must be sent to the office of the owner agent;
* Owner/Agents must make sure income appearing in an EIV Income Report does not meet a regulatory/statutory exclusion;
* EIV users are now required to complete the online Federal ISS Awareness training program. The most recent HUD EIV webcast will no longer satisfy the security training requirement.
* Recommends that the Repayment Agreement (due to unreported income) be signed by both the head of household and the family member who had the unreported income.
In other news, HUD announced that it will be engaging in a “do over” in connection with its recent award of PBCA contracts in more than 40 states and territories as a result of complaints filed with the Government Accounting Office. In an effort to avoid litigation, HUD will be issuing a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) while evaluating its processes with respect to PBCA selection. This will not impact PBCAs in areas where there was only one bidder for the contract. Existing PBCAs are being afforded the opportunity for an interim six-month contract at a lower rate with reduced responsibilities.