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PART III: GROUP HOME [24 CFR 982.610 through 982.614 and HCV GB p. 7-4] 15-III.A. OVERVIEW A group home is astate-licensed facility intended for occupancy by elderly persons and/or persons with disabilities. Except for live-in aides, all persons living in a group home, whether assisted or not, must be elderly persons or persons with disabilities. Persons living in a group home must not require continuous medical or nursing care. A group home consists of bedrooms for residents, which can be shared by no more than two people, and a living room, kitchen, dining area, bathroom, and other appropriate social, recreational, or community space that maybe shared with other residents. No more than 12 persons may reside in a group home including assisted and unassisted residents and any live-in aides. If approved by SARA, alive-in aide may live in the group home with a person with disabilities. SARA must approve alive-in aide if needed as a reasonable accommodation so that the program is readily accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. When providing HCV assistance in a group home, a separate lease and HAP contract is executed for each assisted family, and the standard form of the HAP contract is used. 15-III.B. PAYMENT STANDARD, UTILITY ALLOWANCE, AND HAP CALCULATION Unless there is alive-in aide, the family unit size for an assisted occupant of a group home must be 0- or 1-bedroom, depending on SAHA's subsidy standard. If there is a live-in aide, the aide must be counted in determining the household's unit size. The payment standard used to calculate the HAP is the lower of the payment standard for the family unit size or the prorata share of the payment standard for the group home size. The prorata share is calculated by dividing the number of persons in the assisted household by the number of persons (assisted and unassisted) living in the group home. The HAP for an assisted occupant in a group home is the lower of the payment standard minus the TTP or the gross rent minus the TTP. The utility allowance for an assisted occupant in a group home is the prorata share of the utility allowance for the group home. The rents paid for participants residing in group homes are subject to generally applicable standards for rent reasonableness. The rent for an assisted person must not exceed the prorata portion of the reasonable rent for the group home. In determining reasonable rent, SARA should consider whether sanitary facilities and facilities for food preparation and service are common facilities or private facilities. 7/02/12 Page 15-5