2005 Idaho Code - 50-1913 — RENTALS AND TENANT SELECTION

                                  TITLE  50
                            MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS
                                  CHAPTER 19
                           HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND
                               COOPERATION LAW
    50-1913.  RENTALS AND TENANT SELECTION. In the operation or management of
housing projects, an authority shall at all times observe the following duties
with respect to rentals and tenant selection:
    (a)  it may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations therein only to
persons of low income and at rentals within the financial reach of such
persons of low income;
    (b)  it may rent or lease dwelling accommodations consisting of the number
of rooms, but no greater number, which it deems necessary to provide safe and
sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants thereof without
overcrowding; and
    (c)  it shall not accept any person as a tenant in any housing project, if
the person or persons who would occupy the dwelling accommodations have an
annual net income in excess of five (5) times, the annual rental of the
quarters to be furnished such person or persons, except that in the case of
families with three (3) or more minor dependents, such ratio shall not exceed
six (6) to one (1). In computing the rental for the purpose of selecting
tenants, there shall be included in the rental the average annual cost, as
determined by the authority, to occupants of heat, water, electricity, gas,
cooking range and other necessary services or facilities, whether or not the
charge for such services and facilities is in fact included in the rental.
    Nothing contained in this or the preceding section shall be construed as
limiting the power of authority to vest, in an obligee, the right, in the
event of a default by the authority, to take possession, during the period of
such default, of a housing project or cause the appointment of a receiver
thereof, free from all the restrictions imposed by this or the preceding
section.