Sec. 4. Joint occupancy of subsidized housing.
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Sec. 4. Joint occupancy of subsidized housing.
(a)Two elderly persons or two persons with disabilities who are not related to each other by blood or marriage shall not be prohibited from jointly occupying subsidized housing or a unit of subsidized housing solely because they are not related, provided they have filed a form for such joint occupation with the clerk of the county in which the housing they seek to occupy is located and otherwise meet all other eligibility requirements. A member of the joint occupancy may withdraw from the joint occupancy at any time.
(b)An elderly parent with an adult child with disabilities of the opposite sex shall not be required to occupy subsidized housing with only one bedroom. Exceptions to the largest permissible unit size for subsidized housing shall be made when the elderly parent and adult child with disabilities of the opposite sex otherwise meet all other eligibility requirements.