Indiana § 36-7-18-27 - Persons ineligible as tenants
Full text of Indiana Indiana Code § 36-7-18-27 — Persons ineligible as tenants, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 36-7-18-27. Persons ineligible as tenants
Sec. 27. (a) Officers and members of the authority other than the resident manager are not eligible as tenants under this chapter. This section may not be construed to prevent an existing tenant from being appointed to the housing authority board. However, employees of the authority are eligible as tenants under this chapter.
(b) Employees of the United States, the state, and their political subdivisions and agencies may not comprise more than twenty-five percent (25%) of the tenants in a housing project.
(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. Amended by P.L.341-1985, SEC.1; P.L.14-1991, SEC.25; P.L.324-1995, SEC.1.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 36-7-18-27 ("Persons ineligible as tenants") is part of the Indiana Code, the codified statutory law of Indiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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