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Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program Division 10 Service 415 Program 415 Chapters 05 - 65 North Dakota Department of Health and Human Services

Households Maintaining Two Residences 415-20-10-25 (Revised 10/00 ML #2629) View Archives

1. Work/Education-Site Residence Occasionally, a head of household or spouse may travel within North Dakota to a work/education site which is too far from his permanent residence to allow him to return home each night. These workers/students frequently maintain a part-time residence during the work week at their work/education site and return to the permanent home only on weekends. For the purposes of this program, the eligible household may receive LIHEAP benefits ONLY for heating costs incurred at the permanent residence. Heating costs incurred by the worker/student at the "work/education-site" residence will NOT be covered by LIHEAP. This policy does not apply if the entire family has moved with the worker/student at the temporary work/educational site residence. In that case, the policy in #2 of this section shall apply and LIHEAP assistance may be provided at the temporary residence in which the family is living. 2. A household who elects to maintain a minimum heat in their permanent home but lives elsewhere on a temporary basis due to road or weather conditions or other special circumstances may receive LIHEAP heating assistance ONLY for the residence in which they are living. Benefits will be adjusted as needed when the household moves back to their permanent home.