Announcements

HUD Issues Updated Guidance on the Treatment of State Registered Lifetime Sex Offenders

June 13, 2012

HUD released Notice H 2012-11 “State Registered Lifetime Sex Offenders in Federally Assisted Housing.

The Notice contains the following clarifications:

• O/A’s must ask whether the applicant, or any member of the applicant’s household, is subject to a lifetime sex offender registration requirement in any state.
• Applicants must provide a complete list of all states in which any household member has resided. Failure to accurately respond to any question during the application process is cause to deny the family admission.
• If screening determines that an applicant’s household includes an individual subject to a State lifetime sex offender registration, the O/A must offer the family the opportunity to remove the ineligible family member from the household. If the family is unwilling to remove that individual from the household, the O/A must deny admission to the family.Not applicable for admissions before June 25,2001.