The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has ordered immediate citizenship verification for all beneficiaries of HUD-funded housing across the United States to ensure these benefits are not going to ineligible individuals such as illegal immigrants, the department said in a Jan. 23 statement.
HUD found nearly 200,000 tenants who require eligibility verification. Nearly 25,000 deceased tenants were reported, and nearly 6,000 ineligible non-American tenants were identified, following an audit conducted by HUD and Homeland Security.
