; administration (1) Treatment of certain families and households In the case of a Federal assistance benefit which is made available based on— (A) eligibility for a child, the child shall be treated as meeting the citizenship requirement of subsection (b)(1) if the child, or a parent or legal guardian of the child, meets the requirement; and (B) eligibility for a household or other family unit, the members of the household or family unit shall be treated as meeting the citizenship requirement if any individual who is treated as a member of the household or family unit meets the requirement, except that— (i) if the program under which the benefit is furnished is the program for supportive housing for the elderly under section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 ( 12 U.S.C. 1701q ), the citizenship requirement must be met by an elderly individual who is member of the household