$50K household income, 650 FICO, and wants new home in the country on land.

Not sure how valid it is as I'm not a lawyer and hasn't been tested yet, but in my lease in my non-smoking clause, fireplace clause and elsewhere, I state specifically that determination of existence of odor is at Landlord's discretion, and I have specific language about air duct cleaning, carpet cleaning, professional household cleaning of walls, cabinets, etc., at Tenant's expense if necessary to eliminate odors.  

If you've never encountered entire households on SSDI and SSI, consider yourself lucky.I don't think the OP is suggesting a different criteria for the disabled, but wants to know if his applicants actually meet his criteria because they are applying with income that is received as net as opposed to gross.I'm unclear if SSDI and SSI payments are totally income tax free, but I'm assuming they are?

The Homeowner Rehabilitation Program (HORP) has monies available as forgiveable loans for eligible households!

It appears this complex is located in an area with above average crime and below average median household income.

Mt lease also includes a separate adendum called: House Rules in which the basic ideas of how to arrange the affairs of and maintain a household are detailed.

I base my income requirements on household income, not individual income.

Tenants tend to be lower-income, blue-collar service-industry workers, with bigger families (or multigenerational families), and typically 2 full-time income earners per household.

I am not an lawyer (and I do not play one on TV ;-)) but I went looking on masslegalhelp.org and found this nugget on Federal public housing:Federal public housingIf you are applying for federal public housing, a housing authority  must deny your application if it finds that:A household member is currently engaged in illegal use of a drug, or the  Housing Authority has reasonable cause to believe a household member's illegal  use of a drug or pattern of illegal use of a drug may threaten the health,  safety, or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.1 The Housing Authority has reasonable cause to believe that a household  member's abuse or pattern of abuse of alcohol may threaten the health, safety,  or right to peaceful enjoyment of the premises by other residents.2   Importantbefore denying a person housing based on illegal drug use or alcohol  abuse, a housing authority may consider evidence of rehabilitation3.Any member of your household is subject to a lifetime registration  requirement under a state sex offender registration program.4 Any household member has been convicted of the manufacture or production of  methamphetamine in federally assisted housing.5 Any household member has been evicted from federally assisted housing for  drug-related criminal activity within the past three  years.6   ImportantA housing authority can also let your household in if the person who  engaged in the drug-related criminal activity has  successfully completed a supervised, approved rehabilitation program, or if the  circumstances leading to the eviction no longer exist—for example, the household  member has died or is in jail.7 In addition to the automatic denials listed above, a housing authority  may deny applicants "whose habits and practices reasonably may  be expected to have a detrimental effect on the residents or the project  environment."8 This means that a housing  authority has wide discretion over whom it allows  into its federal public housing programs.

Technically all his assets are subject to liquidation to pay creditors.TX is very creditor friendly and has some homestead and head of household exemptions.