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D. A place not designed for, or ordinarily used, as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings (a hallway, a bus station, a lobby, or similar places).

Homeless individuals may receive SNAP benefits if residing in a homeless shelter even if meals are provided, unless the shelter is an approved FNS retailer.

7340 BOARDERS

Boarders are ineligible to participate in SNAP independent of the household providing the board. At the household's request, they may participate as members of the household providing the boarder services to them.

A. Definition of a Boarder: Boarders are individuals to whom a household furnishes lodging and meals and who pay a reasonable monthly payment for meals. Boarder status will not include persons paying less than a reasonable monthly payment for meals. A person who is furnished both meals and lodging by the household, but is paying less than a reasonable amount, is a household member. When the amount paid for meals can be distinguished from the amount paid for lodging, only the amount paid for meals is evaluated to determine if the payment is reasonable. If the amount paid for meals is inseparable from that paid for lodging, the total payment is evaluated. The reasonable monthly payment for meals must be paid in cash.

B. Reasonable Monthly Payment: A reasonable monthly payment will be one of the following: 1. More than two meals daily. Boarders whose board arrangement is for more than two meals a day will pay an amount equal to or exceeding the full monthly allotment for the appropriate size of the boarder household; or, 2. Two or less meals daily. Boarders whose board arrangement is for two meals or less each day will pay an amount which equals or exceeds two-thirds of the full monthly allotment for the appropriate size of the boarder household.

C. Who Cannot be Considered a Boarder: Boarder status will not be extended to any of the following: 1. A spouse of a member of the household; and 2. Children under 18 years of age if under the parental control of a member of the household; and 3. Parents who reside with their natural, adopted, or step children if the child is under 22 years of age; and 4. Children, under age 22, if residing with their parents; and 5. Individuals paying less than a reasonable monthly payment for meals alone. Individuals furnished both meals and lodging by a household but paying less than a reasonable monthly payment are considered members of that household.

D. Boarding Houses: Residents of commercial boarding houses are not eligible for benefits. The proprietor's household may participate, separate and apart from the residents, if otherwise eligible. A boarding house is defined as either of the following: 1. An establishment licensed as a commercial enterprise and offering meals and lodging for compensation.