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EAP Policy Manual FFY24 Chapter 3 Program Eligibility Requirements Page 12 A household generally includes all individuals who: • Are one economic unit; • Occupy a residence, which has not been subdivided; • Are provided residential energy in common or who make undesignated energy payments in rent; and • Do not live in an institution. An economic unit is a group of related or nonrelated individuals who: • Usually are living together (although not necessarily at the time of application, e.g., active duty military, students); and • Whose income and/or consumption of goods and services are related. Example: • Individuals who share a lease and pay one rent are one economic unit because their consumption of housing is related. A subdivided residence includes any building where: • The occupants do not live with any other persons in the structure and where each unit has direct access: • From the outside only; or • Through a common hall, lobby, or vestibule that is used or intended for use by the occupants of another unit or by the general public. This means that the hall, lobby, or vestibule is not part of any unit, and must be clearly separate from all units in the structure. • Individual units’ home energy costs are either directly billed by an energy vendor; or • Heat and electricity are included in rent Examples: • Subdivided: Rental of basement or upper level of home with direct outside access only for the renter’s use, and no access to the rest of the house. • Not subdivided: Rental of a bedroom and attached bathroom, where the renter must pass through the homeowner’s living space to reach the rented bedroom. A person who rents a room, does not share living area (i.e., neither kitchen, bathroom, nor living room), and does not share other dwelling or household costs is not a member of the landlord household. This renter may apply as a separate household even if they do not otherwise meet the strict definition of a subdivided unit above. Examples of other dwelling or household costs are food, shelter, heat and utilities.