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Original Date Announced
January 23, 2026HUD instructs public-housing authorities (PHAs) and owners participating in HUD-funded housing to adequately "verify the immigration eligibility of all HUD-assisted households" within 30 days and "and initiate corrective actions," or face sanctions. Public-housing officials are required to use HUD's new EIV-SAVE Tenant Matching Report, which cross-references HUD data with USCIS Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) data and "includes a list of individuals whose citizenship or eligible immigration status needs to be confirmed by the PHA." The letter follows an audit by HUD and DHS of tenants across HUD-funded housing nationwide, which allegedly discovered nearly 200,000 tenants who had not been explicitly verified as eligible for housing assistance, as well as “nearly 6,000 ineligible non-American tenants.”
The directive references a letter from December 16, 2025, in which HUD reminded public-housing officials of their "legal obligations under Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1980 (Section 214) and President Trump’s Executive Order 14218, Ending Taxpayer Subsidization of Open Borders, to verify the citizenship and immigration status of all individuals prior to admission to the Public Housing or Housing Choice Voucher programs."
Trump 2.0 [ID #2181]
2025.12.16 HUD Letter to Public Housing Agencies 2026.01.23 HUD - ‘Cleaning House’: HUD Orders Immediate Citizenship Verification for All Tenants in HUD-Funded Housing Nationwide 2026.01.23 HUD Letter to Public Housing AgenciesEffective Date
January 23, 2026Current Status
NoneOriginal Trump Policy Status
Status: Final/ActualTrump Administration Actions: Agency Directive Data and ReportsSubject Matter: InteriorAgencies Affected: OtherAssociated or Derivative Policies
Documents
Trump-Era Policy Documents
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New Policy
Original Source:
2025.12.16 HUD Letter to Public Housing Agencies
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New Policy
Original Source:
2026.01.23 HUD Letter to Public Housing Agencies
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Commentary
2026.01.23 New York Times - HUD Demands Public Housing Officials Check for Undocumented Immigrants
The New York Times reports on HUD’s demand, noting that HUD did not answer questions about what information it was seeking about tenants or address a request to see the referenced audit's results. The article also compares the second Trump administration's approach to public-housing tenants with that of his first.
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