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1624.2 Boarding Houses SNAP Manual 10/01/97 Residents of commercial boarding houses may not participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. For Program purposes, a commercial boarding house is an establishment that offers meals and lodging for compensation for the purpose of making a profit. The statement of the proprietor or owner will be sufficient to determine whether the establishment fits this definition. The number of boarders residing in such an establishment will not be a consideration. The household of the proprietor of a boarding house will be allowed to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program if that household meets all of the eligibility requirements. See SNAP 5620 for instructions on determining income from boarding houses. 1624.3 Verification SNAP Manual 10/01/97 Income from boarders is considered self-employment income and must be verified. Normally, a note from each boarder household will be requested. The note must specify the amount the boarder household pays for room and board. If the amount of payment for room is distinguishable from the payment for meals, the note must specify the amount of each payment. The number of meals the boarder household eats per day must also appear in the note. The note must be dated and must contain the signature of a responsible member of the boarder household.

1630 Determining if the Declared Household Composition is Correct SNAP Manual 02/01/20 Normally, a SNAP household is composed of an individual or a group of individuals. A description of several common household types appear below: 1. A household may be an individual who lives alone. 2. A household may be an individual who lives with others and customarily (more than 50% of the time) purchases food and prepares meals for home consumption separate and apart from the others. (See the restrictions in SNAP 1631.) 3. A household may be a group of individuals who live together and customarily purchase food and prepare meals together. This includes individuals whose work schedules allow them to be in the home only for short periods of time but who consider the home their primary residence and who are responsible household members. A responsible household member is a member such as a spouse who helps the household meet part or all of its expenses. Traveling salespeople, truck drivers, railroad employees, and offshore oil workers meet this condition even if these workers do not return to the