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Assistance Animals

HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 — Occupancy Requirements of Subsidized Multifamily Housing Programs · 2026 edition · updated 2026-07-29 · United States

Assistance animals are animals that are used to assist, support, or provide service to persons with disabilities. Assistance animals – often referred to as “service animals”, “assistive animals”, “support animals”, or “therapy animals” – perform many disability-related functions including but not limited to guiding individuals who are blind or have low vision, alerting individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing to sounds, providing minimal protection, or rescue assistance , pulling a wheelchair, fetching items, alerting persons to impeding seizures, or providing emotional support to persons with disabilities who have a disability-related need for such support.

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Auxiliary Aids (Section 504) Services or devices that enable persons with impaired sensory, manual, or speaking skills to have an equal opportunity to participate in, and enjoy the benefits of, programs or activities receiving Federal financial assistance. For example, auxiliary aids for persons with impaired vision may include readers, Brailled materials, audio recordings, and other similar services and devices. Auxiliary aids for persons with impaired hearing may include telephone handset amplifiers, telephones compatible with hearing aids, telecommunications devices for deaf persons (TTYs), interpreters, note takers, written materials, and other similar services and devices. [24 CFR 8.3]

Basic Rent The minimum rent all tenants in a Section 236 project must pay. It is HUD approved and represents the amount of rent the owner needs to receive in order to operate the property with the mortgage interest rate reduced to as low as 1%.

Bifurcate With respect to a public housing or Section 8 lease, to divide a lease as a matter of law such that certain tenants can be evicted or removed while the remaining family members’ lease and occupancy rights are allowed to remain intact.

Briefing A meeting between the owner and the tenant prior to signing the lease during which the owner discusses various topics related to living in the unit. Topics include, but are not limited to, tenant rights, house rules, and lease terms.

Chronically Mentally Ill Use this definition for the Section 202 and Section 811 programs only.

An adult who has a chronic mental illness, i.e., if he or she has a severe and persistent mental or emotional impairment that seriously limits his or her ability to live independently (e.g., by limiting functional capacities relative to primary aspects of daily living such as personal relations, living arrangements, work, recreation, etc.), and whose impairment could be improved by more suitable housing conditions. See 24 CFR 891.305 and 891.505

Citizen A citizen or national of the United States . [24 CFR 5.504] (See definition of National.) Co-Head of Household An adult member of the family who is treated the same as a head of the household for purposes of determining income, eligibility, and rent. (See paragraph 5.6 for explanation of emancipated minor .)

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Common Household
Pet	A domesticated animal, such as a dog, cat, bird, rodent (including a
	rabbit), fish, or turtle, that is traditionally kept in the home for pleasure
	rather than for commercial purposes. Common household pets do not
	include reptiles (except turtles). If this definition conflicts with any
	applicable State or local law or regulation defining the pets that may
	be owned or kept in dwelling accommodations, the State or local law
	or regulations shall apply. This definition does not include animals
	that are used to assist persons with disabilities.[24 CFR 5.306]
Contract
Rent	The rent HUD or the Contract Administrator has approved for each
	unit type covered under an assistance contract. The rent may be paid
	by the tenant, HUD, or both. Refer to the project’s rental schedule
	(form HUD-92458) or Rental Assistance contract for exact amounts_._
Covered Person	A tenant, any member of the tenant’s household, a guest, or another
	person under the tenant’s control.[24 CFR 5.100]
Currently Engaging In	With respect to behavior such as illegal use of a drug, other drug-
	related criminal activity, or other criminal activity,currently engaging in
	means that the individual has engaged in the behavior recently
	enough to justify a reasonable belief that the individual’s behavior is
	current. [24 CFR 5.853]
*Dating Violence	Violence committed by a person: (A) who is or has been in a social
	relationship of a romantic or intimate nature with the victim; and (B)
	where the existence of such a relationship shall be determined based
	on a consideration of the following factors: (i) the length of the
	relationship; (ii) the type of relationship; and (iii) the frequency of
	interaction between the persons involved in the relationship.*
Deductions	In determining adjusted income, the owner must deduct the following
	from annual income:

$480 for each dependent;
$400 for any elderly family or disabled family;
The sum of the following to the extent the sum exceeds 3% of annual income:
- a. Unreimbursed medical expenses of any elderly or disabled family; and

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b. Unreimbursed reasonable attendant care and auxiliary apparatus expenses for each member of the family who is a person with disabilities, to the extent necessary to enable any member of the family (including the member who is a person with a disability) to be employed. This deduction may not exceed the earned income received by family members who are 18 years of age or older and who are able to work because of such attendant care or auxiliary apparatus; and

Any reasonable child care expense necessary to enable the family member to be employed or to further his or her education. [24 CFR 5.611]

Denial of Tenancy or Assistance The process of rejecting an applicant's request for either occupancy or assistance because the household does not meet eligibility criteria for the program or the owner's criteria for suitability for tenancy.

Dependent A member of the family other than the head, spouse, or co-head, who is under 18 years of age or is a person with disabilities or a full-time student. For the purposes of this Handbook, a foster child, a foster adult, or a live-in aide may never be a dependent regardless of age or disability.

Dependent Child Dependent child in the context of the student eligibility restrictions, means a dependent child of an enrolled student who meets the criteria of 24 CFR 5.612. In this context, “dependent child” is defined in HUD’s income eligibility regulations at 24 CFR 5.603 is a member of the family (except foster children and foster adults) other than the family head or spouse, who is under 18 years of age, or a person with a disability, or is a full-time student.

Developmentally Disabled Meets the conditions of paragraph 2 under the definition for Person with a Disability. [24 CFR 891.505] NOTE: The referenced definition also appears as Definition H in Figure 3-6 in this handbook.

Disability (Handicap)[1] (Section 504) [as defined for Civil Rights Protections] Any condition or characteristic that renders an individual a person with disabilities (handicaps).[1] [24 CFR 8.3]

Disabled Family [Also appears as Definition D – Disabled Family in Figure 3-6.]

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A family whose head, spouse, or sole member is a person with disabilities (as defined by 24 CFR 5.403). It may include two or more persons with disabilities living together, or one or more persons with disabilities living with one or more live-in aides. [24 CFR 5.403] (See definition of Person with Disabilities as defined for program eligibility purposes.)

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