What Is the MTW Module?

The MTW module collects, maintains, and reports information on families moving into, already living in, or who have recently lived in Public Housing; or the Section 8 Rental Certificate, Rental Voucher, or Moderate Rehabilitation Programs.

Why Does HUD Collect Tenant Data?

The MTW module was developed to respond to the need for resident demographic information from Moving To Work (MTW) agencies by HUD organizations (Headquarters and Field Offices), as well as public housing agencies (PHAs) and housing industry groups. PHAs submit information to the MTW module on a monthly basis.

Information derived from the MTW module is utilized to:

• Monitor program participants' compliance with income reporting requirements and related eligibility factors.
• ssess the effectiveness of HUD Programs.
• Evaluate public housing agency performance in operating HUD subsidized programs.
• Provide demographic information that describes the present occupancy of resident communities to the Congress, sister federal agencies, and special housing-related organizations.
• Plan for the future use of the housing inventory with emphasis on the housing needs of special groups, such as the elderly and handicapped, by geographic area.
• Support development of HUD's annual budget requirements.
• Provide information to the Enterprise Income Verification System (EIV), a computer matching tool used to verify public housing and Section 8 tenant reported incomes in the Form 50058 module with information at Health and Human Services? ?New Hires? database of income information.

Data is also used to prepare the PD&R publication, A Picture of Subsidized Households.