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informal review (applicants) or informal hearing (participants) in accordance with SARA procedures. 7-I.B. OVERVIEW OF VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS HUD's Verification Hierarchy HUD requires SARA to use the highest level of verification techniques as methods to verify family information and specifies the circumstances in which each method will be used. In general HUD requires SARA to access the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system and obtain an Income Report for each household. The PHA is required to maintain the Income Report in the tenant file along with the form HUD-50058 and other supporting documentation to support income and rent determinations for all mandatory annual reexaminations of family income and composition. If the Income Report does not contain any employment and income information for the family, SARA should attempt the next lower level verification technique as noted in the below chart. In order of priority, the forms of verification that SARA will use are: ~ Upfront Income Verification (UIV) using HUD's Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system (not available for income verifications of applicants) ~ Upfront Income Verification (UIV) using non-HUD system • Written third Party Verification (Mandatory to supplement EIV-reported income sources and when EIV has no data; Mandatory for non-EIV reported income sources; Mandatory when tenant disputes EIV-reported employment and income information and is unable to provide acceptable documentation to support dispute) • Written Third Party Verification Form (Mandatory if written third party verification documents are not available or rej ected by the PHA; and when the applicant or tenant is unable to provide acceptable documentation) ~ Oral Third Party Verification (Mandatory if written third party verification is not available) • Self Certification (Use as a last resort when unable to obtain any type of third party verification) Note: This verification hierarchy applies to income determinations for applicants and participants. However, EIV is not available for verifying income of applicants. Each of the verification methods is discussed in subsequent sections below. Exhibit 7-1 at the end of the chapter contains an excerpt from the notice that provides guidance with respect to how each method may be used. Requirements for Acceptable Documents Any documents used for verification must be the original (not photocopies) and generally must be dated within 6o calendar days of the date they are provided to SARA. The documents must not be damaged, altered or in any way illegible. It is HUD's position that such tenant-provided documents are written third party verification since these documents originated from a third party source. SARA may, at its discretion, reject any tenant-provided documents and follow up directly with the source to obtain necessary verification of information. ~~02~12 Page 7-2