ACOP - San Antonio Housing Authority

organs; cardiovascular; reproductive; digestive; genito-urinary; hemic and lymphatic; skin;
and endocrine; or
ii. Any mental or psychological disorder, such as mental retardation, organic brain
syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities. The term
“physical or mental impairment” includes, but is not limited to, such diseases and
conditions as orthopedic, visual, speech and hearing impairments, cerebral palsy, autism,
epilepsy, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, mental
retardation, emotional illness, drug addiction and alcoholism.
iii. “Major life activities” means functions such as caring for one’s self, performing manual
tasks, walking, seeing, hearing, speaking, breathing, learning and working.
iv. “Has a record of such an impairment” means has a history of, or has been misclassified
as having, a mental or physical impairment that substantially limits one or more major life
activities.
v. “Is regarded as having an impairment” means
1. Has a physical or mental impairment that does not substantially limit one or more
major life activities but that is treated by a recipient as constituting such a
limitation; or
2. Has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major
life activities only as result of the attitudes of others toward such impairment; or
3. Has none of the impairments defined in this section but is treated by a recipient
as having such an impairment.
d. The 504 definition of disability does not include homosexuality, bisexuality, or transvestitism. Note:
These characteristics do not disqualify an otherwise disabled applicant/resident from being
covered.
51. Kinship care – An arrangement in which a relative or non-relative becomes the primary caregiver for a child or
children but is not the biological parent of the child or children. The primary caregiver need not have legal
custody of such child or children to be a kinship caregiver under this definition. (Definition provided by the
Kinship Care Development, National Association for Public Interest Law)
52. Live-in Aide – A person who resides with an elderly person(s), near elderly person(s) or person(s) with
disabilities and who: (a) is determined by PHA to be essential to the care and well being of the person(s); (b)
is not obligated to support the family member; and (c) would not be living in the unit except to provide the
necessary supportive services (24 CFR 5.403).
a. PHA policy on Live-in Aides stipulates that:
i. Before a Live-in Aide may be moved into a unit, a third-party verification must be supplied
that establishes the need for such care and the fact that the live-in aide is qualified to
provide such care;
ii. Move-in of a Live-in Aide must not result in overcrowding of the existing unit according to
the maximum-number-of-persons-per-unit standard (although, a reasonable
accommodation for a resident with a disability may be to move the family to a larger unit);
iii. Live-in Aides have no right to the unit as a remaining member of a resident family;
iv. Relatives who satisfy the definitions and stipulations above may qualify as Live-in Aides,
but only if they sign a statement prior to moving in relinquishing all rights to the unit as the
remaining member of a resident family.
v. A Live-in aide is a single person.
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