The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is putting public housing authorities (PHAs) on the clock.
According to new reports, HUD sent a notice to the D.C. Housing Authority requiring them to hand over citizenship and immigration details for their tenants within 30 days. If they don’t comply, they could lose federal funding.
This isn’t stopping with D.C. HUD plans to send the same notice to more than 3,000 PHAs across the country.
At the center of the demand is Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act, which blocks undocumented individuals from receiving public housing assistance. HUD officials say many PHAs either failed to collect the required information or never submitted it. Now, the agency is demanding full compliance.
For families living in what HUD calls “mixed-status households”—where some members are citizens and others are not—the rule could create major disruption. Advocates warn it may pressure families to disclose sensitive details that could impact their housing security.
