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12/22/94, Register 132; repealed 10/1/99, Register 151) 7 AAC 44.055. Subsidized rental housing utility deposit. (a) The department will award heating assistance for the minimum amount needed to establish natural gas and electric utility service required to participate in subsidized rental housing if

(1) the housing program fully covers the household’s annual home heating costs;

(2) the applicant has requested a subsidized rental housing utility deposit;

(3) the household has not received a payment under this chapter within 180 days of the request for a subsidized rental housing utility deposit;

(4) the department has verified the application as required by 7 AAC 44.041; and

(5) the amount of the heating assistance, up to a maximum of $500, is sufficient to establish utility service. (b) The department will not award heating assistance under this section more than once to a household in a 24-month period. (Eff. 10/1/99, Register 151; am 10/1/2009, Register 191; am 10/1/2010, Register 195; am 12/27/2017, Register 224) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 Editor’s note: As of Register 227 (October 2018), the regulations attorney made technical corrections under AS 44.62.125(b)(6), to 7 AAC 44.055(a). 7 AAC 44.060. Vendor agreement. A vendor must sign an agreement with the department, which includes the following conditions, for the vendor to be a recipient of heating assistance payments in the manner described in 7 AAC 44.050: