[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 4]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR982.618]

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                 TITLE 24--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--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart M--Special Housing Types
 
Sec. 982.618  Shared housing: Housing quality standards.

    (a) Compliance with HQS. The PHA may not give approval to reside in 
shared housing unless the entire unit, including the portion of the unit 
available for use by the assisted family under its lease, meets the 
housing quality standards.
    (b) Applicable HQS standards. The HQS in Sec. 982.401 apply to 
assistance in shared housing. However, the HQS standards in this section 
apply in place of Sec. 982.401(d) (space and security).

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    (c) Facilities available for family. The facilities available for 
the use of an assisted family in shared housing under the family's lease 
must include (whether in the family's private space or in the common 
space) a living room, sanitary facilities in accordance with 
Sec. 982.401(b), and food preparation and refuse disposal facilities in 
accordance with Sec. 982.401(c).
    (d) Space and security: Performance requirements. (1) The entire 
unit must provide adequate space and security for all its residents 
(whether assisted or unassisted).
    (2)(i) Each unit must contain private space for each assisted 
family, plus common space for shared use by the residents of the unit. 
Common space must be appropriate for shared use by the residents.
    (ii) The private space for each assisted family must contain at 
least one bedroom for each two persons in the family. The number of 
bedrooms in the private space of an assisted family may not be less than 
the family unit size.
    (iii) A zero or one bedroom unit may not be used for shared housing.

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