KB-002N - Information Collection Necessity Rule
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SECTION KB-002N - INFORMATION COLLECTION NECESSITY RULE
Home Ahead may request information reasonably necessary to assess, review, evaluate, verify, support, coordinate, facilitate, administer, operate, monitor, fund, document, or otherwise manage a program, initiative, assessment, review, support process, participant file, funding process, housing support process, ownership-access process, housing stability process, affordability review, or related activity.
Information requests should generally be connected to a legitimate business, operational, program, assessment, support, verification, compliance, administrative, documentation, funding, housing, or participant-related purpose.
Home Ahead may request information reasonably necessary to understand:
Participant circumstances
Housing circumstances
Affordability circumstances
Financial circumstances
Program suitability
Eligibility considerations
Support needs
Housing objectives
Funding considerations
Documentation requirements
Verification requirements
Program participation requirements
Risk considerations
Compliance considerations
Operational requirements
Other relevant participant circumstances
Examples of information that may be requested include:
Identification documents
Mortgage statements
Property tax statements
Credit reports
Income documentation
Employment documentation
Housing documentation
Financial statements
Bank statements
Government correspondence
Legal documentation
Court documentation
Separation agreements
Divorce agreements
Bankruptcy documentation
Consumer proposal documentation
Power of attorney documentation
Insurance documentation
Program-specific documentation
Other relevant supporting documentation
The relevance of a document may depend on the participant's circumstances and the purpose of the review being conducted.
Not all participants will be asked to provide the same information.
Information requests should generally be proportional to the purpose for which the information is being requested.
The purpose of information collection is to support informed review, verification, assessment, planning, program administration, participant support, funding review, eligibility review, housing review, affordability review, documentation review, and related program activities.
Related pages
- Privacy & Information Handling
- KB-002O - Confidentiality, Information Sharing & Permitted Disclosure Rule
- KB-002P - Information Access, Need-To-Know & Authorized Access Rule
- KB-002Q - Information Security, Storage & Protection Principle
- KB-002R - Information Retention, Recordkeeping & File Management Rule
- KB-002S - Consent, Refusal, Withdrawal & Limitation Of Reversal Rule
- KB-002T - Information Commercialization, Marketing, Analytics, Training, AI & Data Use Rule
- Master Knowledge Base Index
Knowledge Base source reference
Page ID: P-048
Inventory category: Privacy / Privacy & Information Handling
Inventory page type: Canonical KB Source Page
KB source listed in inventory: KB-002N
Extracted source sections: KB-002N
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