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DEPARTMENT FOR AGING AND REHABILITATIVE SERVICES AUXILIARY GRANT PROGRAM NON-SSI RESOURCE ELIGIBILITY 11/18 CHAPTER E PAGE 65 36.1. Exclusion An individual's home, regardless of value, is an excluded resource as long as: • The alleged home is the individual's principal place of residence; • The individual continues to live there; • The individual has left the home but states his/her intent to return to the home; • A spouse or dependent relative of the individual continues to live there while the individual is living in an ALF or is in AFCH; or • Its sale would cause undue hardship, due to loss of housing, to a co-owner of the property. Note: A life estate in property is an “ownership interest”. If an individual lives on the property to which he has a life estate, the life estate interest may be excluded as home property. 36.2. Property That No Longer Serves As The Principal Place Of Residence Property ceases to be the principal place of residence, and, therefore, to be excludable as the home as of the date that the individual, having left it, does not intend to return to it. (See Intent to Return Chapter E – 35.6.2) Such property, if not excluded under another provision, will be included in determining countable resources as of the first moment of the first day of the following month. 36.3. Indication of More than One Residence If an individual alleges or other evidence indicates ownership of more than one residence, obtain his or her signed statement concerning such points as: • How much time is spent at each residence; • Where he or she is registered to vote; • The address he or she uses as a mailing address or for tax purposes. Determine the principal place of residence accordingly and document the determination in the file.