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Chapter 2: Household Composition 4

1) Determining if a Residence is an Institution

When determining if a residence is an institution, the following questions should be asked of the manager of the building: 1. Is the client’s rent based on their income or on their needs? 2. What services are provided for the client and how are the services paid? 3. Are there 24-hour services provided? 4. Do the clients live in individual apartments? 5. Is there more than one person in the apartment? 6. Would they consider the place a group home or institution? 7. Is the heat bill in the client’s name? 8. If the client does not pay the heat bill, would the client be subject to disconnection by their heat source? 9. Do they advertise vacancies to the general public or are they held until a member of a specific population is able to move in?

(K) Independent Living Arrangement A living situation in which a household does not share heat or living space in common with another household or individual residing in the same dwelling unit. All household members must be counted when processing the application.

(L) Shared Living Arrangement A living arrangement in which heat or living space is shared by more than one individual. All household members must be counted when processing the application.

(M) Boarding Schools Boarding school students residing in the home at the time of eligibility determination and their income must be included.

(N) Live-In Attendant Live-in attendants who provide living assistance services to the applicant household member (s) are not counted as household members if they have an established residence separate from the applicant household.

If a live-in attendant also claims the applicant household’s residence as his/her own, the live-in attendant is considered part of the applicant household.

(O) Foreign Exchange Students Foreign exchange students are NOT counted as household members.