Department of Housing and Urban Development August 19, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The purpose of the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) Evaluation is to assess the effect of the RAD program. This evaluation will assess the implementation and effect of the choice mobility option on properties, tenants, and the voucher program; the impact of RAD on the long-term preservation and financial viability of converted properties; the adequacy of asset management for RAD conversions; PHA's organizational change; and other RAD tenant protections and outcomes. This System of Records pertains primarily to the choice mobility component of the study, specifically the aspect of that component that evaluates the effect of the choice mobility option on tenant outcomes, but also includes some of the other components of the study. The study will use HUD administrative data to determine which residents lived in a RAD-converted property and are eligible for the RAD choice mobility option and are still residents at those properties or have since left the property using a tenant-based voucher. The study includes a census of residents who used the choice mobility option and a survey of residents eligible to use the choice mobility option but remained in their RAD-converted developments. The study will also collect PII on property owners/managers, including their names and contact information, to survey them about the impact of RAD on long-term preservation, financial viability, and asset management.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is issuing a public notice of its intent to create the Office of Single Family Program Development Privacy Act system of records, ``Credit Alert Reporting Verification System (CAIVRS)'', CAIVRS was developed by the HUD in June 1987 as a shared database of defaulted Federal debtors and enables processors of applications for Federal credit benefit to identify individuals who are in default or have had claims paid on direct or guaranteed Federal loans or are delinquent on other debts owed to Federal agencies. The purpose of this system is to enable program agencies to prescreen their borrowers and to broaden the Federal Government's base in determining an applicant's creditworthiness. Some of these factors include: verifying loan applicants are not in default or delinquent on direct or guaranteed loans of participating Federal programs, providing authorized users with a means to prescreen applicants for Federal credit benefit in order to avoid extending benefits to individuals who are considered credit risks, and demonstrating to the public the importance of meeting Federal obligations and its commitment to collecting delinquent debt. CAIVRS is included in the HUD's inventory of record systems.