---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 982.615"
title: "24"
number: "982.615"
heading: "Shared housing: Occupancy."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/982.615"
---

# §982.615. Shared housing: Occupancy.

- (a) **Sharing a unit.** An assisted family may reside in shared housing. In shared housing, an assisted family shares a unit with the other resident or residents of the unit. The unit may be a house or an apartment.
- (b) **Who may share a dwelling unit with assisted family?**
  - (1) If approved by the PHA, a live-in aide may reside with the family to care for a person with disabilities. 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.
  - (2) Other persons who are assisted under the tenant-based program, or other persons who are not assisted under the tenant-based program, may reside in a shared housing unit.
  - (3) The owner of a shared housing unit may reside in the unit. A resident owner may enter into a HAP contract with the PHA. However, housing assistance may not be paid on behalf of an owner. An assisted person may not be related by blood or marriage to a resident owner.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 23865, Apr. 30, 1998, as amended at 80 FR 8247, Feb. 17, 2015]

### 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.

### Amendments

[63 FR 23865, Apr. 30, 1998, as amended at 80 FR 8247, Feb. 17, 2015]