§ 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.