Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System

The purpose of HUD's EIV System is to make integrated income data available from one source, via the Internet, for PHAs to use to improve income verification during required income reexaminations. EIV provides the following information:

1. Monthly employer new hires
2. Quarterly wages (including employer information), Federal wages are available
3. Quarterly unemployment compensation
4. Monthly social security (SS) and supplement security income (SSI) benefits

The EIV System is available to all PHAs nationwide. HUD strongly encourages PHAs to use and implement the EIV system in their day-to-day operations. PHAs should contact the UIV Coordinator at their local HUD field office for further information on obtaining access to the EIV system.

Benefits of the System

• Increases the efficiency and accuracy of income and rent determinations
• Reduces incidents of underreported and unreported household income
• Removes the barriers to verifying tenant-reported income
• Addresses material weaknesses in a PHA's reexamination process and program operations
• Assures that more eligible families are able to participate in the program

EIV System Uses and Capabilities

• Provides new hire, wage, unemployment compensation, and Social Security benefit information through a data matching process for households covered by a HUD-Form 50058
  
  
• Allows PHAs to view monthly new hire information, quarterly wage, employer information, quarterly unemployment benefit payments, monthly Social Security (SS) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, and Medicare deductions and/or buy-ins for tenants within the PHA's jurisdiction
  
  
• Provides income discrepancy reports to identify families who may have substantially underreported household income
  
  
• Helps deter housing fraud