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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

Renter Benefit for New Case with Old Vendor Bills 415- 30-30-20 (Revised 10/00 ML #2629) View Archives

Occasionally a household may apply as a renter but have prior months of eligibility during which time the household paid a vendor for fuel and incurred unpaid bills or requests a reimbursement for bills paid. The LIHEAP Share Percentage will be calculated the same, but the amount which will be paid out in miscellaneous payments for unpaid back bills or reimbursements will be determined using the LIHEAP Share Percentage that is calculated for the current living situation.

Example: The household applies in February and is determined eligible from February 1st through May 31st. The household has also incurred heating costs in the form of unpaid vendor bills and/or reimbursements from October through January, and is determined eligible during October, December and January, but NOT November. The LIHEAP Share Percentage for this household is computed at 50%. LIHEAP could pay 50% of unpaid vendor bills and/or reimbursements for October, December, and January. No unpaid vendor bills and/or reimbursements will be paid by LIHEAP for the month of November as the household was not eligible in November. February 1 through May 31 renter/heat paid benefits will be paid at the 50% level.