Six months after a proposed rule change drew widespread opposition, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced Tuesday that it has finalized its Verification of Eligible Status rule.
Until now, households with both eligible and ineligible members, known as “mixed-status” households, had been able to receive prorated assistance scaled to the number of eligible individuals in government-funded housing. The final rule, expected to be published Thursday and to go into effect Dec. 12, would eliminate prorated housing assistance for the full household.
HUD released an unpublished version of the final rule, which amends Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980. With the new rule, every applicant and ten...