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Public Housing - Household - Massachusetts

A household consists of two or more persons who live or will live regularly in a unit as their primary residence whose income and resources are available to meet the household’s needs and who are either related by blood, marriage, or operation of law, or who have otherwise evidenced a stable inter-dependent relationship. A single person may also be considered a household for the purposes of public housing programs.

A person is considered to be a member of the household if living regularly with a family, even if temporarily absent for reasons such as hospitalization, duty assignment, employment, or school attendance in another location.

A child or children reunified with a family through approval of the Department of Social Services are considered household members for purposes of securing a unit of appropriate size for the reunified family, if found eligible and qualified by the local housing authority.

The local housing authority may also approve a full-time, live-in personal care attendant, whether or not considered a household member for purposes of rent determination, as a household member for purposes of determining the appropriate unit size.

If the household member who has signed the lease ceases to occupy the unit, one or more remaining household members may be given permission for continued occupancy of the unit, provided that:

·      the departing household member is not relocating to public or assisted housing elsewhere, is current in his or her financial obligations to the local housing authority, and is not subject to eviction proceedings;

·      the remaining household members are eligible and qualified for public housing and have resided in the unit for at least one year, and;

·      at least one adult household member (or emancipated minor) applies for and signs a new lease with the local housing authority.

In the event that a household member who has signed the lease applies for the addition of a person who meets the criteria in as an additional household member, the local housing authority determines whether the person is qualified and whether the augmented family continues to be eligible for housing support.

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Public Housing - Overview - Massachusetts

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