---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 5.240"
title: "24"
number: "5.240"
heading: "Family disclosure of income information to the responsible entity and verification."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/5.240"
---

# §5.240. Family disclosure of income information to the responsible entity and verification.

- (a) This section applies to families that reside in dwelling units with assistance under the public housing program, the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) tenant-based assistance programs, or for which project-based assistance is provided under the [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md), [Section 202](/cfr/24/202.md), or [Section 811](/cfr/24/811.md) program.
- (b) The family must promptly furnish to the responsible entity any letter or other notice by HUD to a member of the family that provides information concerning the amount or verification of family income.
- (c) The responsible entity must verify the accuracy of the income information received from the family, and change the amount of the total tenant payment, tenant rent or [Section 8](/cfr/24/8.md) housing assistance payment, or terminate assistance, as appropriate, based on such information.

## Notes

### Amendments

[65 FR 16715, Mar. 29, 2000]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 3535(d), 3543, 3544, and 11901 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 11113, Mar. 18, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 12 U.S.C. 1701x; 42 U.S.C. 1437a, 1437c, 1437f, 1437n, 3535(d); 42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.; 34 U.S.C. 12471 et seq.; Sec. 327, Pub. L. 109-115, 119 Stat. 2396; E.O. 13279, 67 FR 77141, 3 CFR, 2002 Comp., p. 258; E.O. 13559, 75 FR 71319, 3 CFR, 2010 Comp., p. 273; E.O. 14015, 86 FR 10007, 3 CFR, 2021 Comp., p. 517.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 5202, Feb. 9, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[65 FR 16715, Mar. 29, 2000]