24 CFR § 982.617 - Shared housing: Rent and voucher housing assistance payment.

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title: "24 CFR § 982.617 - Shared housing: Rent and voucher housing assistance payment."
title_number: 24
title_name: "Housing and Urban Development"
section_number: "982.617"
section_name: "Shared housing: Rent and voucher housing assistance payment."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT"
part_number: "982"
part_name: "SECTION 8 TENANT-BASED ASSISTANCE: HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM"
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authority: "42 U.S.C. 1437f and 3535(d)."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 36682, July 18, 1994, unless otherwise noted."
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# 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.

(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.

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