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Document access and privacy in Housing Connect application process
0:50:58
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Council Member Sanchez inquires about who has access to the documents submitted through Housing Connect. HPD officials explain the privacy measures in place for applicant information.
- Only approved marketing agents for the specific project have access to submitted documents
- Applicants can save documents in their Housing Connect profile for easy access
- Documents are only sent to the specific project when an applicant is notified to submit for eligibility confirmation
- The IRS and Treasury do not have direct access to these documents through Housing Connect
Pierina Ana Sanchez
0:50:58
Thank you, commissioner.
0:50:59
On the on the application, on the provider interface or the the landlord interface portion, who has who has access to these documents?
0:51:09
So say I'm submitting, you know, I don't know.
0:51:12
I don't know.
0:51:13
My twenty twenty tax returns or whatever.
0:51:17
Who is who is able to see those documents on the back end?
0:52:05
Got it.
0:52:05
So treasury and IRS are not reviewing
0:52:09
No.
0:52:09
IRS has the tax returns No.
0:52:11
But other documents.
Emily Osgood
0:51:22
It is just the approved marketing agents for that project that you are applying to in Housing Connect.
0:51:29
Even though you may, we provide the opportunity to save some documents on your own profile in Housing Connect, sort of in your document library if you wish for easy access.
0:51:41
When you are applying to a specific lottery and then notified that you've come up in the batch, you've come up on the lottery log, and now it's time to submit your documents to confirm you are in fact eligible, Though, that is when you choose or upload what you want to send, and that goes directly only to that project specifically.
0:52:03
It.
Eric Lee
0:52:08
No.
0:52:09
No.