Relatives moving in: Rent?

[Sewing]

What is the name of your state? CT

My niece, boyfriend, and two kids are going to move in to my house. We're giving them the whole downstairs, but sharing kitchen/dining. The neighborhood isn't zoned for 2-family. They will be paying us several hundred dollars/month "rent".

Is this legal? The "rent" part-- we'd have to declare it as income, but does that make us landlords and in violation of some code somewhere? Does paying us allow them to declare it as a housing expense if they apply for assistance, like daycare?

Or do we have to keep it all under the table? I presume there are reasonable exemptions, to allow for child allowances, and kids contributing to the household, but this is of another scale, perhaps.

Thanks for any help.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

What is the name of your state? CT

My niece, boyfriend, and two kids are going to move in to my house. We're giving them the whole downstairs, but sharing kitchen/dining. The neighborhood isn't zoned for 2-family. They will be paying us several hundred dollars/month "rent".

Is this legal? The "rent" part-- we'd have to declare it as income, but does that make us landlords and in violation of some code somewhere? Does paying us allow them to declare it as a housing expense if they apply for assistance, like daycare?

Or do we have to keep it all under the table? I presume there are reasonable exemptions, to allow for child allowances, and kids contributing to the household, but this is of another scale, perhaps.

Thanks for any help.

My response:

What does this have to do with "Other Government & Administrative Law Matters"?

IAAL

 

[Veronica1228]

IAAL, you have to see this thread. It is hilarious. Just make sure you aren't drinking anything while you read it, unless you want to ruin your pretty new monitor.

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=258869

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

IAAL, you have to see this thread. It is hilarious. Just make sure you aren't drinking anything while you read it, unless you want to ruin your pretty new monitor.

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=258869

My response:

I have already read it. Amos is hilarious!

IAAL

 

[Sewing]

My response:

What does this have to do with "Other Government & Administrative Law Matters"?

IAAL

I didn't know where else to put it. Thank you for taking the time to reply; your help has been invaluable.

 

[I AM ALWAYS LIABLE]

I didn't know where else to put it. Thank you for taking the time to reply; your help has been invaluable.

My response:

You didn't know where else to put it? Gee, I think we have about 5 forums concerning rent, landlords, tenancy, etc. But you're right, "Other Government & Administrative Law Matters" sounded real close to your issues.

Do you walk around saying "duh" very often?

IAAL

 

[Veronica1228]

IAAL, I have another thread for you to see. Don't get mad at me, okay?

https://forum.freeadvice.com/showthread.php?t=260749&page=1