§ 235.1208 - Eligible mortgagors.

(a) The mortgagor shall agree to recertify, on a form prescribed by the Secretary, as to occupancy, employment, family composition and income whenever one of the following events takes place:

(1) Annually, no earlier than 60 days before and no later than 30 days after the anniversary date of the mortgage or at such other anniversary date as set by the Secretary;

(2) No more than 30 days after;

(i) The mortgagor or any adult (21 years or older) member of the family residing in the household changes or begins employment which results in an increase in the family income reported in the original application for assistance or the most recent recertification.

(ii) The family income (except earnings of minors) increases at least $50 per month.

(iii) A new member is added to the family in which case evidence of citizenship or eligible immigration status also shall be submitted, in accordance with part 200, subpart G, of this chapter.

(3) At such other times as the Secretary may require.

(b) Assistance payments may be used to assist a family owning a standard home to purchase a new home, but a family already owning a home must sell its present property and may not rent that property out to another and occupy the subsidized unit.

(c) To be eligible under this part, the mortgagor or cooperative member must meet the requirements for the disclosure and verification of Social Security Numbers, as provided by part 200, subpart T, of this chapter. For requirements regarding the signing and submitting of consent forms by mortgagors and cooperative members for the obtaining of wage and claim information from State Wage Information Collection Agencies, see part 200, subpart V, of this chapter. Eligibility for assistance under this subpart also requires citizenship or eligible immigration status, as determined in accordance with part 200, subpart G, of this chapter, except that citizenship or eligible immigration status shall not be required of a mortgagor whose assistance contract was executed before June 19, 1995 and remains unchanged after that date.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 2502-0204, 2502-0267, 2502-0268, and 2577-0083)

[41 FR 1172, Jan. 6, 1976, as amended at 41 FR 51011, Nov. 19, 1976; 43 FR 60156, Dec. 26, 1978; 46 FR 56422, Nov. 17, 1981; 51 FR 11218, Apr. 1, 1986; 53 FR 846, Jan. 13, 1988; 54 FR 39695, Sept. 27, 1989; 56 FR 7530, Feb. 22, 1991; 60 FR 14832, Mar. 20, 1995. Redesignated and amended at 60 FR 56500, Nov. 8, 1995]