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In accordance with department regulations, designated representatives may file and sign application and recertification documents on behalf of an applicant for or a recipient of an emergency shelter allowance. (l) Shelter allowances in excess of the standards.
A shelter supplement plan under paragraph (a)(3) of this section may include provisions for treatment of SSI family members that differ from the requirements of 18 NYCRR 352.2(b), but only with respect to the shelter supplement and only if approved by the Office. (m) Inspection of shelter placements.
Social services districts that make referrals for temporary emergency shelter for eligible homeless households to temporary housing units, which will be paid for by public funds, that are not otherwise governed by Section 460 of the Social Services Law, 18 NYCRR Parts 900 and 491, or subdivision (h) of this section, shall submit for approval by the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance health and safety standards for those units which comport with all applicable State and local laws, regulations, codes and ordinances. Additionally, social services districts shall be responsible for the inspection of such temporary housing units at least once every 12 months to confirm that such standards are satisfied. A written report shall be made of each such inspection and shall be maintained at the office of the social services district together with such other information as the social services district may maintain concerning the households placed in the temporary housing unit. A copy of any such inspection report shall be provided to the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance within 30 days of its completion.
Shelter Costs for Applicant/Recipient-Owned Property (a) Purchase of interest in low cost housing development. 1. A social services official may approve a grant, not to exceed $2,500 toward the purchase of an interest in a cooperative unit in a low-cost housing development. 2. The social services official must require assignment of applicant's/recipient's equity in such cooperative housing. (b) Carrying charges.
On applicant/recipient-owned property used as a home, carrying charges must be met in the amount actually paid by the applicant/recipient, but not in excess of the appropriate maximum of the rent schedule, for the items of taxes; interest on mortgage; fire insurance; and garbage disposal, sewer and water assessments. (c) Amortization.
The amounts required to amortize a mortgage on the applicant's/recipient's property must be included in the carrying charges when property is income-producing and the resulting carrying charges do not exceed the property income by an amount in excess of the maximum of the established rent schedule or when property is not income-producing but it is