HUD Housing Programs: Tenants’ Rights (The Green Book): 2.2.3.6 Minor Head of Household
In some jurisdictions, PHAs have set a minimum age for admission to avoid entering into unenforceable leases. PHAs often stress that such policies are necessary where the applicable state law provides that a minor’s contracts are voidable, except for contracts for reasonable value of necessities.108 PHAs have argued that any contract for public housing entered into by a minor may not be enforceable, because public housing is not a per se necessity.109