Use the household income.

I have never had it come up in court, but my argument will be that I need to charge for my time as my business is how I financially maintain my household. 

Our household has more the twice the average household income of the area according to the US Census, we have no debt, and credit scores above 760. 

Your household income needs to go to support your family.

Your three largest household expenses are housing, transportation, and food.

If your state requires that, nothing you can do, but if it does NOT require it, then I strongly recommend not counting Sec 8 as income and require that the person have documented, garnisheable income of no less than 3x the monthly rent.But if you want to/have to count Section 8, then count the value of the voucher towards the applicant's household income.

Given that the big cities seem to be having a hard time controlling their runaway housing prices, and given that Western Mass isn't that far away and will be better connected by rail soon (to NYC), and given that there are many jobs/household configurations that require just one foot in the door in the City, I think if you pick the right spots in Western MA you will see some genuine appreciation....

I have a certain ratio per100 headcount (not households, not age, not sex) I use when decidingto buy or build in a town.

Population Colorado Springs, CO MSA Population 724000 Pop Growth % 2010-2018 13.2 Pop Growth Forecast (5yrs) 1.3 % 18-34 Year Olds 26.9 Jobs Industry Diversity Rank 150 Industry Diversity Score 74.29 Unemployment 3.4 Best Cities Rank 58 Job Growth 2018-2019 2.9 5 Year Forecast Income Growth 4.2 Demographics/Crime Median Household Income 58158 % Renters 42.3 Crime Rate (violent/1000) 5.35 Crime Rate (Property/1000) 32.96 Rental Info Vacancy Rate 5.9 4&5 Star Effective Rent 1376 3 Star Effective Rent 1066 12 Mo.

I've seen many a politician claim to live in another household(separate from their spouse) to run for office in a particular district.