Who to include on a lease agreement

[William Price]

I'm getting ready to sign a lease for a property I own and I am faced with a situation I have not encountered before.  It is a Section 8 property and the Housing Assistance Payment Contract (Sec. 8 contract with the govt) has the mom listed as the tenant with her other children and grandchildren listed in a separate section as other members of the household, but not the tenants.

I have a separate lease that I execute in conjunction with the HAP contract and I'm wondering whether I need to keep the tenant the same (only Mom) and list her other members of the household in a separate section or whether I should include her adult children as co-tenants.  

Thanks for any advice!

[Bradley Bogdan]

@Marcia Maynard has it spot on. The biggest reason for this (other than obviously having all the occupants on the lease) is to ensure the PHA can verify that the people living there are the ones they are paying for. Whenever there are adult children involved, you should always be wary that someone may be trying to sneak an extra person or two into the unit to live on the voucher. That's obviously not always the case, but definitely something to always look out for.