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EIV was made aware of an issue that has affected our batch exchanges with SSA and NDNH since early July. HUD is currently updating all of its systems and unfortunately the mainframe that handles our batch exchange was affected. We were informed that the issue was corrected and all of the exchange files from July and August were sent and received by SSA. Concurrently, the (HHS) employment verification match will follow and update through September by the end of next week on or about 9/13/24. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused for your business areas. We ask for your patience during this time. All data should be updated and current when all of the exchanges between SSA and HHS are completed by next week.

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The purpose of the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) function within the Real Estate Assessment (REAC) Center is to ensure that limited Federal resources are available to serve as many eligible families as possible by reducing the high incidence of program errors and to improve the integrity and accuracy of information contained in the PIC and EIV systems.

EIV provides a comprehensive on-line system for the determination and verification of various resident information and income that PHAs use in determining rental subsidy. Additionally, EIV collects supplemental employment and benefit information through data sharing agreements with the Social Security Administration (SSA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). These agreements, in combination with HUD’s PIC system and EIV reports, provide an analysis of income and benefit information that the EIV team monitors in order to assist Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and HUD Field Offices to identify and resolve certain regulatory deficiencies and to implement proactive measures to effectively mitigate risk and program waste, fraud and abuse.