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If the applicant checks the application box for “Renting a Room”, the
application is determined using Housing Category Code 3. For more
information, see the Heating Assistance Procedures Manual Sections
7.7, 9.3, and 9.4.
A foster adult not considered a member of the household must be
considered a household sharer, or room renter.
If the applicant owns the dwelling and is receiving rental income,
eligibility is determined by counting all rental income, using the
Housing Category for the total number of bedrooms in the dwelling,
and counting the number of people in the applicant’s household. A
room renter is not counted as a member of the applicant’s household.
The owner/occupant’s rental income may be considered a selfemployment
venture if the applicant chooses to deduct the nonpersonal
costs of doing business.
If the applicant is sharing the dwelling with one or more households,
and is neither a room renter nor an owner/occupant renting space in
the dwelling as described above, the households are considered to be
house sharers. Eligibility is determined as described in the Heating
Assistance Procedures Manual Section 7.7. The other household
members are entered into HAS as described in Section 3002-1A. 4
below.
3002-1A.
4. Household Sharers File
If an applicant lists other households as living in the same dwelling, the
members of the other households must be entered into the computer.
This ensures that each household in the dwelling gets their
proportionate share of the grant, and if one of the households listed as
house sharing subsequently applies for a grant the worker can cross
reference the cases.
3002-1A.
5. Housing Percent Share
If the household resides in a single residence with one or more other
households, the heating cost points are reduced to the household’s
proportion of the total number of households in the dwelling. If there
are two households, the worker enters the share as 50%; with three
households the share is entered as 33%, etc. In a house sharer
situation, a household’s share should never exceed 50%. The amount
each household contributes to heat or rent is not considered.
See the Heating Assistance Procedures Manual Sections 7.7, 9.3 for
more information on Multiple Households and Section 9.4 for more
information on House Sharers.
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