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(a) If two or more recipients live together, the amount allowable shall be limited to a cumulative maximum of $750 for the common home.

(b) Should one recipient move from the common home to a new dwelling, he/she shall be eligible for a renewed $750 maximum allowance for that dwelling. The individual remaining in the home which was previously held in common shall be eligible for an individual $750 allowance, less his/her share of any modification allowance previously expended on that dwelling. If the individual remaining in the home did not benefit from modification allowances previously expended on the dwelling, the cost of such modifications shall not be applied to that individual. He/she shall be eligible for the full $750 per recipient allowance as necessary to accommodate his/her physical infirmities or other health and safety needs in that dwelling.

(c) Should the recipients both move from the common home into separate homes, each person shall be eligible for a renewed $750 maximum allowance for each new dwelling.

.672 Examples of housing modifications include, but are not limited to, a ramp or other needed fixtures for a disabled person. Modifications also include changes that are required to comply with local building, health or safety codes and which are necessary for safe or healthful housing, such as installation of mobile home skirting and required sewer hook-ups for residences.

.673 Modification may be made when housing occupied by a recipient is owned by another person if the recipient has obtained the written permission of the owner to complete the modifications.

.674 Proration may be required for a home modification. If two or more recipients live together, each recipient benefited by a modification shall commit an equal share of his/her allowance to meet the cost; if one recipient is the sole beneficiary of the modification, that person shall bear the cost.

.68 Payment to Prevent Foreclosure.

.681 Payment of up to $750 shall be allowed to prevent foreclosure as a result of delinquent mortgage payments, deeds of trust, or liens resulting from delinquent taxes, bonds, assessment, etc., on a home owned by a recipient or recipients.

CALIFORNIA-DSS-MANUAL-EAS MANUAL LETTER NO. EAS-98-03 Effective 7/1/98

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