§ 887.511 - Occupancy of a shared housing unit.

(a) Who may share a unit. (1) Persons who are not assisted under the Housing Voucher Program may reside in a shared housing unit.

(2) Except for a one-bedroom unit, an owner of a shared housing unit may reside in the unit, and a resident owner may enter into a housing voucher contract with the PHA. Housing assistance, however, may not be provided on behalf of an owner who is not an owner-shareholder in mutual or cooperative housing. An assisted person may not be related to a resident owner.

(3) One or more assisted families may reside in a shared housing unit. A PHA may not execute a housing voucher contract for individual lease shared housing and a housing assistance payments contract for related lease shared housing under the Certificate Program for the same unit.

(b) Size of unit and family space. The number of bedrooms in the private space of an assisted family initially must be the same as the number stated on the family's housing voucher, except in the case of two individuals sharing a one bedroom unit. The PHA may not approve a lease or execute a housing voucher contract for shared housing unless the unit, including the portion of the unit available for use by the assisted family under its lease, meets the housing quality standards under § 887.509.