9013 Household Concept

[273.1] A household may be composed of any of the following individual or groups of individuals: 1. an individual living alone; 2. an individual living with others, but customarily purchasing food and preparing meals for home consumption separate and apart from the others; 3. a group of individuals who live together and customarily purchase food and prepare meals together for home consumption; 4. an individual who is 60 years of age or older, living with others (and the spouse of such individual), who is unable to purchase and prepare meals because he/she suffers from a disability considered permanent under the Social Security Act or suffers from a non- disease related, severe, permanent disability. However, the income (all income included under DSSM 9055) of the others with whom the individual resides (excluding the income of such individual's spouse) cannot exceed 165% of the poverty line. (Refer to the current October Cost-of-Living Adjustment Administrative Notice.)