is rental income consider as earned income for form 2441?

[Kinjal Patel]

Is rental income consider as earned income for childcare credit? My spouse has w2 income and we have some rentals that I manage. we has positive rental income on schedule E even after depreciation, high HOA fees, int, taxes, etc. and since we don't have PM, does rental income can go towards earned income so it meets both spouse working or rental income still consider as passive income.

Thank you in advance for your reply.