---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 982.610"
title: "24"
number: "982.610"
heading: "Group home: Who may reside in a group home."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/982.610"
---

# §982.610. Group home: Who may reside in a group home.

- (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](/cfr/24/part8.md). See [§ 982.316](/cfr/24/982.316.md) 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.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 63 FR 23865, Apr. 30, 1998, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535(d).

### Source

Source: 59 FR 36682, July 18, 1994, unless otherwise noted.