---
kind: "section"
citation: "24 C.F.R. § 982.617"
title: "24"
number: "982.617"
heading: "Shared housing: Rent and voucher housing assistance payment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/24/982.617"
---

# §982.617. Shared housing: Rent and voucher housing assistance payment.

- (a) **Meaning of pro-rata portion.** For shared housing, the term “pro-rata portion” means the ratio derived by dividing the number of bedrooms in the private space available for occupancy by a family by the total number of bedrooms in the unit. For example, for a family entitled to occupy three bedrooms in a five bedroom unit, the ratio would be 3/5.
- (b) **Rent to owner: Reasonable rent.**
  - (1) The rent to owner for the family may not exceed the pro-rata portion of the reasonable rent for the shared housing dwelling unit.
  - (2) The reasonable rent is determined in accordance with [§ 982.507](/cfr/24/982.507.md).
- (c) **Payment standard.** The payment standard for a family that resides in a shared housing is the lower of:
  - (1) The payment standard amount on the PHA payment standard schedule for the family unit size; or
  - (2) The pro-rata portion of the payment standard amount on the PHA payment standard schedule for the size of the shared housing unit.
- (d) **Utility allowance.** The utility allowance for an assisted family residing in shared housing is the pro-rata portion of the utility allowance for the shared housing unit.

## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 23865, Apr. 30, 1998, as amended at 64 FR 26651, May 14, 1999]

### 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 64 FR 26651, May 14, 1999]