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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI RESOURCE ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER E PAGE 64 Exception: If the ticket cannot be sold or converted to cash due to restrictions placed on the ticket, it is not a resource. 35.3.1. Verification Obtain the individual's signed statement as to whether the ticket could be converted to cash: • If the answer is yes, count the CMV of the ticket as a resource in the month following the month of receipt. • If the answer is no, verify the allegation by examining the ticket or by contact with the travel carrier or travel agent. If the allegation is verified, the ticket is not a resource.

36. Home Property An individual's home is property in which he or she has an ownership interest and that serves as his or her principal place of residence. It includes: • The shelter in which he or she lives; o An individual's principal place of residence is the dwelling the individual considers his or her established or principal home and to which, if absent, he or she intends to return. It can be real or personal property, fixed or mobile, and located on land or water. o Absent ownership in more than one residence or evidence that raises a question about the matter, assume that the alleged home is the individual's principal place of residence. • The land on which the shelter is located; o The home includes any land that adjoins it. Land adjoins the home plot if not completely separated from it by land in which neither the individual nor his or her spouse has an ownership interest. Easements and public rights of way (utility lines, roads, etc.) do not separate other land from the home plot. o It is not necessary that the individual own the shelter itself. • Related buildings on such land o The home includes all buildings on the land on which the shelter is located and those on adjoining land.