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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ENERGY ASSISTANCE

06/11 VOLUME X, CHAPTER B, PAGE 3

provide necessary medical services and whose services are paid for in part or in full by a third party are not considered household members. Verification of payment by the third party is required in determining exempt status.

2) Persons living in multi-unit building - If a building contains more than one housing unit but has only one meter or tank that is shared by all the units, each unit may contain a separate household if each one functions as an economic unit and has a heating expense.

A person out of the home for reasons of employment, education, hospitalization, incarceration, etc. who continues to support or be supported by the unit and who intends to return to the unit during the component period will remain a member of the household.

NOTE: A person living in a nursing home who does not intend to return to the unit will not be considered a household member.

c. Types

1) The types of households that may be eligible to receive Fuel Assistance are:

a) Households who pay some or all of their heating expenses. Heating expense is defined as having a cost for the primary fuel needed to operate the heating equipment currently used in the household. The primary fuel will be one of the following: electricity, oil, kerosene, natural gas, LP gas, wood, or coal.

b) Households whose total heating expenses are included in their rent, except for those in subsidized housing.

c) Subsidized households that pay regular monthly heating costs. Households that pay energy costs out of pocket and receive housing assistance under one of the following statutes and programs are to be coded Living Arrangement Code G:

1) United States Housing Act of 1937 (includes Section 8 Rental Assistance);

2) National Housing Act;

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