Opinion ID: 2320131
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Dowling's Failure to Supply Required Information

Text: [¶ 14] The Authority is authorized to terminate a Section 8 recipient's eligibility for failure to supply any information that the [Authority] or [the Department of Housing and Urban Development] determines is necessary in the administration of the program, or for failure to supply true and complete information. 24 C.F.R. §§ 982.551(b)(1), (4), 982.552(c)(1)(i). Information within the meaning of section 982.551(b) is defined as any requested certification, release or other documentation. 24 C.F.R. § 982.551(b)(1). In this case, the Authority found that Dowling violated this requirement by failing to disclose to it the existence of the side agreement with Wortman. [¶ 15] The Authority's finding is supported by Dowling's own testimony during the hearing before the Authority that, although she was aware that the Section 8 program required that all utilities be included in her rent, she did not disclose the side agreement to the Authority because she was afraid to do so, she did not want to be homeless again, and she was settled in . . . [and] very happy, very comfortable. Further, Dowling had previously signed the Things You Should Know document in which she was informed of her duty to report any type of Section 8 abuse to the Authority. Thus, the Authority's determination that Dowling failed to supply all information necessary to administering her Section 8 eligibility, i.e. the existence of an unapproved side agreement with her landlord, is amply supported by the evidence.