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either gross or adjusted gross income, the applicable shelter allowance is the amount so calculated up to the maximum allowance for the given household size found in subdivision (a) of this section. 2. i. Subsidized housing other than section 8 housing vouchers. The rent allowance for tenants of housing subsidized under a housing assistance payments program, except as provided in subparagraph (ii) of this paragraph, is the amount of rent actually paid (exclusive of the subsidy) but not more than the amount in the applicable schedule in subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section. ii. Section 8 Voucher Program. a. The rent for recipients whose rental housing payments are subsidized under the Section 8 Voucher Program (not including a recipient participating in the program of special allowances for owners of manufactured homes) shall be the amount actually paid, but not in excess of the amount (rounded to the nearest whole dollar) equal to 30 percent of the applicable standard of need by family size and district of residence, considering only the SA-2a, SA-2b, SA-2c schedules contained in 18 NYCRR 352.2(d), and the local agency monthly shelter allowance schedule with children, exclusive of any supplement. For the purpose of this subparagraph, the allowance amounts are those in Office regulation and in effect on the filing date of this subparagraph. b. Clause (a) of this subparagraph shall not apply to recipients whose Section 8 vouchers are provided by public housing authorities or other local Section 8 voucher issuing agencies that routinely determined the tenants' share of the rent due and payable for months commencing on or before October 1, 2004 to be the local agency shelter maximums under subdivision (a) of this section. c. The Office shall develop an administrative process to certify whether clause (a) or (b) of this subparagraph shall apply to each individual public housing authority or other local Section 8 voucher issuing agency. (e) Rent allowances for hotel/motel facilities. An allowance for shelter shall be made for recipients temporarily housed in hotel/motel facilities under the following circumstances: 1. No other suitable housing either public or private is available to house the recipient. 2. Hotel/motel accommodations without cooking facilities shall be utilized only when accommodations with such facilities are not available. An allowance for the actual cost of the rental of a refrigerator, not to exceed $10 per week per room, shall be made when a homeless family is temporarily placed in a hotel/motel which does not have cooking facilities and which provides a refrigerator on a rental basis. 3. The continued need for hotel/motel accommodations shall be reviewed, evaluated and authorized monthly by the social services district. (f) Reimbursement for shelter costs and restaurant allowances and rental fees for refrigerators as provided for in paragraph (e)(2) of this section is available to social services districts for expenditures made by such districts on behalf of recipients temporarily living in hotels or motels for so long as the recipients are actively seeking permanent housing, but in no event for a period in excess of six months unless the local commissioner of social services