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3005 EXPEDITE CASES
3005-1 EXPEDITED APPLICATIONS
Expedited service is provided to households facing immediate
service termination, or who are without heat providing the
household meets the eligibility criteria. Expedited service results in
a promise of payment (pledge to vendor) to remedy the heating
emergency.
3005-1 A. Criteria for Expedited Processing
Expedited service is provided to a household only if all of the
following expedited service criteria are met:
• the applicant has requested expedited service;
• the household’s gross income is less than their shelter cost.
Shelter cost means:
1. the sum of the household’s regular monthly rent or
mortgage obligation for the shelter it currently occupies,
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Note:
If there is a business operating out of the home and a portion of the
costs are allowed as a business expense, that portion of their
mortgage is not allowed as a shelter cost. See Section 3003-4C for
further clarification.
Any subsidies directly paid to a landlord or utility company are not
allowed shelter costs. See Section 3003-2, #7 for further
clarification.
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plus
2. the cost of 30 days of heating fuel
the response to item #31 is used, up to a maximum of
$500 for oil or propane heat; $300.00 for wood or coal
heat.
Or
• the amount of the current natural gas utility bill,
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