Sec. 26. (a) A housing authority shall observe the following rules with respect to rentals and tenant selection in the operation and management of housing projects:

(1) An authority may not accept a person as a tenant in a dwelling in a project if the persons who would occupy the dwelling have an aggregate annual income that equals or exceeds the amount that, as determined by the authority, is necessary to enable those persons to secure safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations within the jurisdiction of the authority and to provide an adequate standard of living for themselves. The determination of the authority is conclusive.

(2) An authority may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in a project only at rentals within the financial reach of persons who lack the amount of income that, as determined in subdivision (1), is necessary to obtain safe, sanitary, and uncongested dwelling accommodations within the jurisdiction of the authority and to provide an adequate standard of living.

(3) An authority may rent or lease to a tenant a dwelling consisting of a number of rooms no greater than that which it considers necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations without overcrowding.

(b) The housing authority shall adopt rules indicating the manner in which it will comply with this section. These rules apply equally to all tenants and must be posted for public inspection in a conspicuous place in the office of the authority.

(c) This section does not limit the power of an authority to vest rights in an obligee under section 33 of this chapter free from all the restrictions imposed by this section.

[Pre-Local Government Recodification Citation: 18-7-11-10 part.]

As added by Acts 1981, P.L.309, SEC.37.