003.01(G)(i) ALLOWABLE SHELTER COSTS.

The following shelter costs are allowable deductible expenses: (1) Rent or mortgage payments (whether or not the household receives a general assistance payment for shelter); (2) Property taxes; (3) Homeowner’s insurance; (4) Special assessments; (5) Home repair costs associated with substantial damage or destruction from a natural disaster; (6) Temporarily unoccupied homes. Costs of a home temporarily not occupied by the household because of employment or training away from the home, illness, or abandonment caused by a natural disaster or casualty loss are allowed only if all of the following conditions are met: (a) The household intends to return to the home; (b) The home is not leased or rented during the household’s absence; (c) The current occupants, if any, are not claiming shelter costs for this home for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program purposes; and (d) The shelter costs are verified; (7) Utility allowances; and (8) Standard homeless shelter deduction.