A live-in aide needs a health care provider's verification of need, is excluded from family size and annual income, must disclose an SSN, and never becomes a remaining family member
s8.household_composition.live_in_aide_verification_and_status · v1.0.0
A live-in aide is a person who resides with one or more elderly persons, near-elderly persons or persons with disabilities and who is determined to be essential to the care and well-being of the person, is not obligated for the support of the person, and would not be living in the unit except to provide the necessary supportive services. To qualify, the owner must verify the need for the aide, and that verification must be obtained from the person's physician, psychiatrist or other medical practitioner or health care provider; the owner must approve a live-in aide where one is needed as a reasonable accommodation under 24 CFR part 8. The owner may verify the need only to the extent necessary to document a disability-related need for the accommodation, and may not require access to confidential medical records or a physical examination. The aide qualifies for occupancy only as long as the person needing the services requires them and remains a tenant, and may not qualify for continued occupancy as a remaining family member. The aide's income is excluded from annual income, the aide must disclose and provide verification of an SSN, and the aide must meet the property's screening criteria. A relative may be a live-in aide if the conditions are met, in particular that the relative would not be living in the unit but for the supportive services.
- Confidence
- high
- Effective from
- 2013-08-07
- Last reviewed
- 2026-09-01
Evidence required
- Verification of disability status(conditional)
- Identity and household composition documentation(conditional)
Citations
All sources verified within 1 day- Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, Chapter 3: Eligibility for Assistance and OccupancyChapter 3, Section 1, paragraph 3-6.E.3.a.(1), Live-in aide, printed p. 3-9
- Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, Chapter 3: Eligibility for Assistance and OccupancyChapter 3, Section 1, paragraph 3-6.E.3.a.(2)(a), printed p. 3-9
- Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, Chapter 3: Eligibility for Assistance and OccupancyChapter 3, Section 1, paragraph 3-6.E.3.a.(2)(a), printed p. 3-9
- Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, Chapter 3: Eligibility for Assistance and OccupancyChapter 3, Section 1, paragraph 3-6.E.3.a.(2)(c), printed p. 3-10
- Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, Chapter 3: Eligibility for Assistance and OccupancyChapter 3, Section 1, paragraph 3-6.E.3.a.(2)(d), printed p. 3-10
- Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, Chapter 3: Eligibility for Assistance and OccupancyChapter 3, Section 1, paragraph 3-6.E.3.a.(2)(e), printed p. 3-10
- Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs, Chapter 3: Eligibility for Assistance and OccupancyChapter 3, Section 1, paragraph 3-6.E.3.a.(3), printed p. 3-10
- Nondiscrimination Based on Handicap in Federally Assisted Programs (Section 504)24 CFR part 8 (reasonable accommodation), which 3-6.E.3.a.(2)(a) makes the basis on which an owner MUST approve a needed live-in aide