UIV Model Programs

Arizona

City of Phoenix Housing Department

• Online access agreement with AZ Department of Economic Security (DES)
• Automated as conduit for 16 other AZ PHAs with Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with DES
• Automated Vacated Tenant Accounting (AVTA) system tracks tenants with outstanding debt to other HAs

Delaware

Delaware State Housing Authority

• Mainframe computer linked with Department of Labor (DOL) since 1991
• Receives wage, unemployment and disability benefits data from DOL
• Mainframe computer linked with Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to receive welfare benefits and child support information
• Initially used to catch fraud, now serves as preventative measure since tenants know that income and benefit checks are being performed

New Jersey

New Jersey Department of Community Affairs

• Direct computer link with DOL via state mainframe since 1991
• Data on wages, unemployment and disability benefits used for income and rent determinations during admissions and annual reexamination
• Assists seven other New Jersey PHAs by accessing wage data for them
• Uses a series of forms from pharmacists and physicians to verify claims medical expense deductions

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City Housing Authority and Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency

• Online access agreement with Department of Human Services to receive information on:
  • Type of assistance applied for and amount
  • Number of people residing in residence
  • Earned income and unearned income
  • Imputed income
  • Recovery
• Currently have a bill before the legislature that will allow PHAs to have direct access to the wage and unemployment benefits from DOL

South Carolina

Housing Authority of the City of Columbia

• MOU with SC Employment Security Commission since 1995
• Verifies wage information on behalf of other PHAs in SC
• Online system

Virginia

Fairfax County Department of Housing and Community Development, Compliance and Community Relations Program

• Online data sharing with Virginia Employment Commission for state wage data
• Online matching with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)
• Online court record matching and police arrest report matching
• Department of Social Services (DSS) record matching
• National Crime Information Center (NCIC) checks