HUD HCV Guidebook § 5.1

Noncitizen students, even those with eligible immigration status for purposes of HUD’s financial assistance,
are not eligible to receive housing assistance.25
A noncitizen student is a bona fide student who:
    • Is pursuing a course of study in this country;
    • Has a residence in another country outside of the United States that the person has no intention of
        abandoning; and
    • Is admitted to this country temporarily, solely for the purpose of studying.
When a noncitizen student is accompanied by a noncitizen spouse and/or noncitizen minor children, those
family members are also ineligible for assistance. If the noncitizen student and noncitizen spouse have citizen
children, the whole family is still ineligible for assistance. However, if a non-citizen student has a citizen
spouse, the citizen spouse and children if any, would be eligible for assistance. In that case, assistance would
be prorated to ensure that assistance goes only to those family members with eligible immigration status.