§ 882.301 - Applicability, scope, and purpose.

(a) General. (1) This subpart C contains special requirements for Shared Housing in the Section 8 Certificate program. In Shared Housing, an assisted Family shares a housing unit (such as a house or an apartment) with the other resident or residents of the unit. Shared Housing is designed to provide additional choices in living arrangements for assisted Families. This subpart gives a PHA discretion to determine whether to include Shared Housing in its Certificate program and to design the Shared Housing component to meet local needs and circumstances. This subpart provides procedures to be followed by PHAs that choose to permit assistance in Shared Housing, and by Owners and Families that participate in these arrangements.

(2) Subpart C implements section 211 of the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act of 1983, Pub. L. 98-181, as it pertains to the Section 8 Certificate program. Section 211 amended section 8 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, by requiring HUD to permit assistance in shared housing arrangements in the Section 8 Existing Housing and Moderate Rehabilitation programs for eligible Elderly Families. That provision also directed HUD to issue minimum habitability standards to ensure that shared housing is decent, safe, and sanitary, taking into account the special circumstances of this type of housing. As a matter of discretion, HUD has expanded the scope of Shared Housing to permit all eligible Families, not just Elderly Families, to participate in Shared Housing, and thus benefit from this type of living arrangement.

(b) Eligible units. Units in structures of various types may be used for Shared Housing, including single family houses and multifamily buildings. The unit must satisfy the housing quality standards in § 882.109. Manufactured homes for which assistance is provided under subpart F are not eligible for Shared Housing.