“If you, or anyone in your family, are a person with disabilities and you require a specific accommodation
in order to fully utilize our programs and services, please contact the Housing Authority Office at
970-565-3831.”
PLEASE CHECK THE PROPERTIES AND PROGRAMS YOU ARE APPLYING FOR
The following Documents (COPIES ONLY-NOT ORIGINALS) are Required to Be Submitted with the
Application for Applicant and Household Members:
- Social Security Cards
- Certified Birth Certificates (Certified copies, not complimentary copies from the hospital) or CIBs
for Native Americans
- Valid State-Issued IDs (for 18 years of age or older) Must provide Colorado IDs at time of Lease
signing
- NO APPLICATION FEE REQUIRED
Things You Should Know
Don’t risk your chances for federally assisted housing by providing false, incomplete or inaccurate
information on your Application forms
Purpose
This is to inform you that there is certain information you must provide when applying
for Housing Assistance. There are penalties that apply if you knowingly omit
information or give false information.
Penalties for Committing Fraud
The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) places high
Committing priority on preventing fraud. If your application or recertification forms contain false or
Fraud incomplete information, you may be:
• Evicted from your apartment or house.
• Required to repay all overdue rental assistance you received.
• Fined up to $10,000.
• Imprisoned for up to 5 years; and/or
• Prohibited from receiving future assistance.
Your State and local government may have other laws and penalties as well.
Asking Questions
When you sit down with the person who fills out your application, you should know what
is expected of you. If you do not understand something, say so. That person can answer
your questions or find out what the answer is.
Completing the Application Income Assets
When you give your answers to Application questions, you must include the following. information:
• All sources of money you and any member of your family receive
(wages, welfare payments, alimony, social security, pension, etc.)
• Any money you receive on behalf of your children
(child support, social security for children, etc.)
• Income from assets (interest from a savings account, credit union, or certificate of
deposit, dividends from stocks, etc.)
• Earnings from a second job or part-time job
• Any anticipated income (such as a bonus or pay raise you expect to receive)
• All bank accounts, savings bonds, certificates of deposit, stocks, real estate, etc., that are
owned by you and any adult member of your family household who will be living with
you.
• Any business or asset you sold in the last 2 years for less than its full value, such as your
home to your children.
Family/Household Members
• The names of all the people (adults and children) who will actually be living with you,
whether or not they are related to you.
Signing the Application
• Do not sign any form unless you have read it, understand it and are sure everything is
complete and accurate.
• When you sign the Application and certification forms, you are claiming they are
complete to the best of your knowledge and belief. You are committing fraud if you sign
a form knowing that it contains false or misleading information.
• Information that you give on your Application will be verified by your Housing Agency.
In addition, HUD may do computer matches of the income you report with various
Federal, State or a private agency to verify that it is correct.
Recertifications
You must updated information once a year. Some programs require that you report
any changes in income or family/household composition immediately. Be sure to ask
when you must recertify. You must report the following on recertification forms:
• All income changes, such as pay increases or benefits, change of job, loss of job, loss of
benefits, ect., for all adult family/household members.
• Any family/household members that move in or out.
• All assets that you or your family/household members own and any asset that was sold in
the last 2 years for less than full value.
Beware of Fraud
You should be aware of the following fraud schemes:
• Do not pay any money to file an Application
• Do not pay any money to move up on the waiting list
• Do not pay for anything not covered by your lease
• Get a receipt for any money that you pay
• Get a written explanation if you are required to pay any money other than rent (such as
maintenance charges).
Reporting Abuse
If you are aware of anyone who has falsified an Application, or if anyone tries to
persuade you to make false statements, report them to the manager of your project or
Public Housing Authority. If you cannot report to the manager, call the local HUD office
or the HUD Hotline on (202) 472-4200. This is a toll-free number. You can also write to
the HUD Hotline, Room 8254, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410.
By Signing below, I acknowledge that I have read and understand the “Federal Privacy Act Notice”
and the “Things You Should Know” information.
PART I:
List all household members who will be living with you if you receive housing assistance (include yourself and your spouse):
By signing below, I/We acknowledge and understand that the use of controlled substances for recreational use
or medicinal use is prohibited on all Housing Authority of the County of Montezuma property and the use,
possession and distribution of a controlled substance will be a deciding factor in the decision to provide housing
assistance to you or anyone in your household.
Handicap/Disability
PART II:
PART III: Assets
Checking Account
Savings Account
Other Accounts
PART IV: General Information
PART V: Background Information
In accordance with the regulations at 24 CFR 5.856 and 5.905, O/As and PHAs must perform.
Initial necessary criminal history background checks to determine if any applicant, or member of an applicant’s household,
is subject to a lifetime registration requirement under a State or Federal sex offender registration program. This check must
be carried out with respect to the State in which the housing is located and with respect to States where applicant and
members of the applicant’s household are known to have resided.
The information regarding race, ethnicity, and sex designation solicited on this Application is requested in order
to assure the Federal Government, acting through the Rural Housing Service, that Federal Laws prohibiting
discrimination against tenant Applications on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial
status, age and disability are complied with. You are not required to furnish this information but are encouraged
to do so. This information will not be used in evaluating your Application or to discriminate against you in any
way. However, if you choose not to furnish it, the owner is required to note the race, ethnicity, and sex of the
individual applicants on the basis of visual observation or surname.”
** CERTIFIED STATEMENT **
Knowing the penalty for making a false statement under the United States Criminal code, I hereby certify that
the above information is a true and full statement.
Revised 2/2024
Section 35 (a) of the U.S. Criminal Code makes it a criminal offense, punishable by a maximum of ten (10)
years imprisonment, $10,000 fine or both, to make a false statement of representation to any department of the
U.S. as to a matter within their jurisdiction. The information given above was requested by the Housing
Authority of this City in its capacity as a government-funded agency.
I/We certify that the unit applied for will be the household’s permanent residence and I/We will not maintain a
separate subsidized rental unit in a different location.
I understand that submitting this Application does not guarantee that I will be offered
housing assistance. All adults over 18 years of age must sign.
Be advised that it is your responsibility to NOTIFY the Housing Authority, in writing, of any CHANGE OF
MAILING ADDRESS. When assistance becomes available, we MUST be able to contact you by your current
mailing address, at which time a NATIONWIDE CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK AND CREDIT
REPORT will be obtained. Applicants will be withdrawn from the waiting list if correspondence sent to them is
returned