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2. Shelter costs are deducted ONLY in the month they become due regardless of when they are paid. 3. Households may elect to have fluctuating expenses or those billed less often than monthly averaged. a. One-time expenses (e.g., repair of a furnace after a natural disaster): average the expense over the months in the current certification period. These expenses cannot be averaged over any month past the next recertification. b. Expenses billed less often than monthly (e.g., quarterly insurance and/or property taxes): average over the interval between billings or over the period it is intended to cover regardless of the length of time until the next recertification. These expenses can be extended past the recertification date. 4. Expenses billed or due weekly or biweekly are factored. 5. If a household lives with and shares a utility expense with another individual, another household, or both, the standard for such households will not be prorated. The utility expense is not prorated if all the individuals who share utility expenses but are not in the SNAP household are excluded from the household only because they are ineligible. 6. Shelter and utility expenses paid by a household member who has an intentional program violation, felony drug conviction not in compliance with probation or fleeing felon disqualification, or is ineligible due to work registration, job quit or reduced hours, are allowed in computing the shelter deduction. 7. Non-utility shelter expenses paid by a household member who is an ineligible alien, ineligible ABAWD, or SSN ineligible are prorated evenly among all household members. The shelter expenses except the ineligible member’s share are allowed in computing the shelter deduction. 8. If the non-utility shelter expenses are shared with a non-household member, then the amount that the household actually pays is used as the deduction. If the payments or contributions cannot be differentiated, the expenses shall be prorated evenly among persons paying or contributing to the expense and only the household’s pro rata share deducted. ALLOWABLE SHELTER COSTS: The obligated amount of allowable shelter costs is used as an expense deduction. The monthly obligated amount of mortgage/rent is allowed each month when determining the shelter deduction without regard to when or if it is actually paid. Separate households residing in the same residence are allowed the actual amount of rent they are billed as a shelter deduction. When households reside together and neither household owns the residence, a rent payment made from one household to another is exempt as pass-through shelter payment up to the full amount of rent billed. If the payment is more than the full rent charged for the residence, the excess payment is unearned income to the household receiving the payment.