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Re: renting to tenant with foster children - Landlord Forum thread 350222

Re: renting to tenant with foster children by Jill (OH) on January 18, 2017 @18:16

                              
I did look up the laws for my state. They say the maximum number of foster children a provider can care for at one time is 5 children, which is fine with me. However, there are then all sorts of exceptions to this, such as sibling groups, family groups, etc. And in those cases, the maximum can then be 10 children in a home! This is a 4 bedroom house. The foster mother will have 1 bedroom, her adult (elderly) father will be in another room, and then there are 2 more bedrooms for foster children. I plan to call the state office to find out more information for myself.
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Re: renting to tenant with foster children by P-Bone (NY and OH) on January 25, 2017 @08:55 [ Reply ]
Be careful how you think about this. The general rules are 2 people per bedroom, plus one. That would be 9. You can't assume certain people will live in certain rooms. I also know that there are usually other HUD guidelines related to the amount of square feet per room in order to allow a certain number of people to sleep in that room. I don't remember the specifics, but just thought it was something to look into. If you have a room that's under 100 square feet, it may not be big enough for two people. I remember some sort of ruling that there must be at least 50 square feet per person in the room.

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