North Dakota § 23-11-14 - Rentals and tenant selection

§ 23-11-14. Rentals and tenant selection

In the operation or management of housing projects, an authority at all times shall observe the following duties with respect to rentals and tenant selection: 1. The authority may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in the project solely to persons of low or moderate income. 2. The authority may rent or lease the dwelling accommodations in the project solely at rentals within the financial reach of persons of low or moderate income. 3. The authority may rent or lease to a tenant dwelling accommodations consisting solely of the number of rooms which the authority determines necessary to provide safe and sanitary accommodations to the proposed occupants, without overcrowding. 4. The authority may not accept persons of low income as a tenant in any housing project if the individual or family who would occupy the dwelling accommodations has an aggregate annual income in excess of five times the annual rental of the quarters to be furnished the individual or family. In computing the rental for this purpose, there must be included in the rental the average annual cost to the occupant, as determined by the authority, of heat, water, electricity, gas, cooking, and other necessary services or facilities, whether the charge for the services and facilities is in fact included in the rental. 5. The authority shall prohibit subletting by tenants.