HUD Publishes Guidance on Deceased Tenants Report
By: Tushar Gurjal, Senior Policy Manager
May 8, 2026 – On April 30, HUD published a notice titled “Required Use of the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) System’s Deceased Tenants Report to Reduce Subsidy Payment and Administrative Errors” (Notice PIH 2026-11). This new notice supersedes Notice PIH 2012-04. The notice provides both general and program specific guidance on how housing agencies must monitor the Deceased Tenants Report in the Enterprise Income Verification (EIV) system to take appropriate action when individuals are determined to be deceased. It notes when unit tenant status must be adjusted and what housing agencies should do when overpayments are adjusted. The notice applies to the Public Housing, Housing Choice Voucher (HCV), Project-based Voucher (PBV), and Mod Rehab programs. It also applies to all Moving to Work (MTW) agencies. The notice is effective on publication.
Background
The EIV system employs data sharing agreements with other federal agencies to provide housing agencies with “. . . information on employment, wages, unemployment compensation, and social security benefit information for individuals participating in HUD programs.” The Deceased Tenants Report in the EIV system provides information on individuals on Form HUD-50058, though if the social security number, date of birth, or last name does not match the social security record (i.e., the EIV verification status is failed, pending, or excluded) will not be matched when generating the Deceased Tenants Report.
Report Generation Frequency
The Department requires that housing agencies generate the Deceased Tenants Report at least once a month. For agencies with HCV, PBV, or Mod Rehab programs, they must generate the report at least once a month prior to disbursing monthly Housing Assistance Payments (HAP). Housing agencies are encouraged to align report generation with HAP processing schedules even if this results in multiple generations of the report in a single month. Housing agencies with Public Housing should generate the report when finalizing rent rolls.
Confirming Death Information
Housing agencies must request confirmation of death within 24 hours when the Deceased Tenant Report identifies a person as deceased or when the housing agency learns of the death through other sources (e.g., reports from family, reports from friends, or an obituary). The housing agency should document in the tenant file their attempts to confirm the death. Requests for confirmation can be sent by mail, email, or hand delivery to the head of household (HOH). If the HOH is deceased and there are no adult household members, the housing agency should confirm the death with an emergency contact person. Housing agencies may provide families or emergency contacts 30 days to respond to a request for written confirmation of death. If the family does not respond in this time period, the PHA may presume the information is accurate and proceed in removing the deceased tenant from the household. For the HCV, PBV, and Mod Rehab programs, the housing agency must notify the owner in writing. For Public Housing, the housing agency must conduct a home visit to confirm the unit is not occupied.
Correcting Errors
If the Deceased Tenants Report is incorrect, the housing agency should notify the individual in writing and advise the individual to contact the Social Security Administration (SSA) to correct the error. The housing agency must require the tenant to provide written evidence from the SSA confirming the reported death was an error and must include written evidence in the tenant file of the error.
Housing Agency Corrective Actions
When an individual in an assisted family dies, housing agencies are required to submit an EOP Form HUD-50058 no later than 60 calendar days from the effective date of the action or when EIV received the death information. The notice gives specific information on actions to be taken in the Public Housing, HCV, PBV, and Mod Rehab Programs when a person dies in a single-member household as well as a multi-member household.
The notice also discusses guidance on the Family Self-Sufficiency program, the removal of personal belongings from a Public Housing unit, the owner repayment of overpaid HAP, and housing agency noncompliance penalties.
The full notice can be found here.