HUD HCV Guidebook § 7.4

The PHA must41 not delay, deny, or terminate assistance to an applicant or participant on the basis of
ineligible immigration status of a family member if any of the following circumstances apply:
    • At least one person in the household is a U.S. citizen or an eligible noncitizen who has been verified by
         CIS;
    • The family has submitted the required documents to the PHA timely, but the primary and secondary
         verification processes has not been completed;42
    • The family member whom the PHA has not determined eligible moves out of the household;43
    • The CIS appeals process has not been completed;44
    • Assistance is prorated, and the family is not receiving assistance for the family member(s) whose
         eligible immigration status has not been verified; or
    • For a program participant, the informal hearing process is not complete.
    • Assistance must45 be denied or terminated when:
    • The family has not submitted the declaration of citizenship or eligible immigration status and
         appropriate documentation by the specified deadline or any extension;
    • The family has submitted required documentation, but CIS primary and secondary verification do not
         verify immigration status and the family does not pursue CIS or PHA appeal;
    • The family has submitted required documentation, but CIS primary and secondary verification do not
         verify immigration status, and CIS or PHA appeal is pursued but decision(s) are rendered against the
         family; or
    • The PHA determines that a family has knowingly permitted an ineligible person to live in the assisted
         unit. In this case, the PHA must terminate assistance for at least 24 months. This does not apply if
         the ineligibility of the ineligible individual at issue was considered in calculating any proration of
         assistance provided for the family.