Can clergy housing allowance include funds from a severance payment?

[pwsundberg]

I left my position at the end of March, but was paid a lump sum severance equivalent to salary and housing through October? I had very limited other employment April through end of year. 

[Opus 17 · Accepted solution]

I don't see anything that says that a severance package can't include a housing allowance.

http://www.ecfa.org/PDF/2016-Preparing-Tax-Returns-For-Clergy.pdf

https://www.irs.gov/uac/about-publication-517