HUD Publishes Guidance on Independent Student Eligibility for Assisted Housing

The further guidance recently published by HUD builds on a 2006 supplementary guide and makes changes to that language.

Changes include:

• The definition of “Independent Student” has been expanded to incorporate the HEA definition by the Department of Education.
• Verification requirements have been clarified to say that only the tax returns of the student, not the tax returns of the student’s parent, are required.
• If a student meets the definition of “vulnerable youth”, then this is all that is required for verification of eligibility.

For more information, see the Federal Register Notice.