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Iowa LIHEAP Policy and Procedures Manual 20.00 Definitions

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HOMELESS An individual who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence or an individual who has a primary nighttime residence that is: ● A supervised, publicly or privately-operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations; or ● An institution that provides temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized; or ● A public or private place not designed for use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

HOUSEHOLD A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit (such as a house or apartment) as their usual place of residence. A household includes the related family members and all the unrelated people, if any, such as lodgers, foster children, wards, or employees who share the housing unit. A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit such as partners or roomers, is also counted as a household.

The key is: One Meter + One Bill = One Household

INTAKE The process of taking an application to be used for determining eligibility for assistance.

INTAKE FORM The form used to apply for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP).

LIFE LEASE A life lease can be for the life of the tenant, for a specific term (e.g. 50 years), and some have no specified termination date.

LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHEAP) The federally designated Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program under 42 U.S.C.8621. The program provides benefits and services to assist low-income households with the costs of energy used for home heating and cooling. This federal program has also been referred to as LIHEAP.

LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLD WATER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (LIHWAP) The federally designated Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program under 42 U.S.C.8621. The program provides benefits and services to assist low-income households with the costs of drinking water and wastewater services.

MOBILE/MANUFACTURED HOME A mobile/manufactured home is designed to be towed to a permanent residential site as a single unit or in sections and is equipped and used, or intended to be used, primarily as a year-round dwelling, with walls of rigid un-collapsible construction.

A mobile/manufactured home continues to be classified as a mobile/manufactured home even when additions have been made to the structure.

MULTI-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING An example of multi-residential buildings are apartments.

MULTI-RESIDENTIAL LAND An example of multi-residential land is where someone owns land with multiple residences on it, such as a development.