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24 CFR 982.610: Group home: Who may reside in a group home.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 24—Housing and Urban Development
- Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Housing and Urban Development
- CHAPTER IX—OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
- PART 982—SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE: HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM
- Subpart M—Special Housing Types
(a) An elderly person or a person with disabilities may reside in a State-approved group home.
(b)(1) If approved by the PHA, a live-in aide may reside with a person with disabilities.
(2) The PHA must approve a live-in aide if needed as a reasonable accommodation so that the program is readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities in accordance with 24 CFR part 8. See § 982.316 concerning occupancy by a live-in aide.
(c) Except for a live-in aide, all residents of a group home, whether assisted or unassisted, must be elderly persons or persons with disabilities.
(d) Persons residing in a group home must not require continual medical or nursing care.
(e) Persons who are not assisted under the tenant-based program may reside in a group home.
(f) No more than 12 persons may reside in a group home. This limit covers all persons who reside in the unit, including assisted and unassisted residents and any live-in aide.
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