Literal question
17. Is this house, apartment, or mobile home
[] Owned by you or someone in this household with a mortgage or loan?
[] Owned by you or someone in this household free and clear (without a mortgage or loan)?
[] Rented for cash rent?
[] Occupied without payment of cash rent? -->Skip to C
C. Answer questions 19-23 only if you or someone else in this household owns or is buying this house, apartment, or mobile home. Otherwise, skip to E on the next page.
22.a Do you or any member of this household have a mortgage, deed of trust, contract to purchase, or similar debt on this property?
[] Yes, mortgage, deed of trust, or similar debt
[] Yes, contract to purchase
[] No
Interviewer instructions
17. Housing is owned if the owner or co-owner lives in it. If the house, apartment, or mobile home is mortgaged or there is a contract to purchase, mark the "Owned by you or someone in this household with a mortgage or loan?" box. If there is no mortgage or other debt, mark the "Owned by you or someone in this household free and clear (without a mortgage or loan)?" box. If the house, apartment, or mobile home is owned but the land is rented, mark one of the "owned" categories. If the mobile home is owned without an installment loan, but there is a mortgage on the land, mark the "Owned by you or someone in this household with a mortgage or loan?" box.
If any money rent is paid, even if the rent is paid by people who are not members of your household, or paid by a Federal, state, or local government agency, mark the "Rented for cash rent" box.
If the unit is not owned or being bought by the occupants and if money rent is not paid or contracted, mark the "Occupied without payment of cash rent" box. The unit may be owned by friends or relatives who live elsewhere and who allow you to occupy this house, apartment, or mobile home without charge. A house or apartment may be provided as part of wages or salary. Examples are: caretaker or janitor's house or apartment; parsonages; tenant farmer or sharecropper houses for which the occupants do not pay cash rent; or military housing.
22.
22a. The word mortgage indicates all types of loans secured by real estate.
22b. Enter a monthly amount even if it is unpaid or paid by someone else. If the amount is paid on some other periodic basis, see the instructions for 18a to change it to a monthly amount.
Include payments on first mortgages and contracts to purchase only. Report payments on second or junior mortgages and home equity loans in 23b.
If this is a mobile home, report payments on installment loans but do not include personal property taxes, site rent, registration fees, and license fees on the mobile home and site. Report these fees in item 24.
