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HUD Orders Nationwide 30-Day Audits of Public Housing to Verify Citizenship

The move builds on a HUD-DHS pact to tighten eligibility rules, leveraging potential funding reviews for enforcement.

HUD Cracks Down on Illegal Immigrants in Public Housing, Orders Proof of Citizenship for Section 8 Tenants
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Diane Hunter is head of the Temple Courts tenant association. Temple Courts is part of the New Communities project, in which low income residents would stay in their housing until new and better housing is built. The Fenty administration has changed all of this offering Section 8 vouchers to move the residents out. Hunter is amongst several residents that want to stay in Temple Courts. (Photo by Marvin Joseph/The The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Overview

  • HUD notified the D.C. Housing Authority to produce a comprehensive resident list within 30 days, including names, addresses, unit details, and proof of citizenship or eligible immigration status.
  • Secretary Scott Turner said more than 3,000 Public Housing Authorities nationwide received the same directive to audit and verify tenant eligibility within the 30-day window.
  • The department warned that programs failing to comply could face examination of their federal funding as part of enforcement actions.
  • Turner stated that American citizens will be prioritized for HUD-supported housing and that people in the country illegally will not be allowed to live in taxpayer-funded units.
  • Some housing experts criticized the immediate second accounting as a resource drain that could disrupt services for vulnerable residents without leading to mass evictions.