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VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES ENERGY ASSISTANCE

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3) Section 101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965 (includes Rent Supplement Program);

4) Section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (Elderly Housing Program); and

5) Title V of the Housing Act of 1949 (includes assisted housing programs administered by the Farmers Home Administration).

2) The types of households that are ineligible to receive Fuel Assistance are:

a) Subsidized households whose total heating costs are included in their rent.

b) Persons living in licensed facilities.

c) Persons living in group homes who have no heating expense or who pay a nominal fee to live there.

d) Subsidized households who are responsible for periodic payment of individual excess fuel usage charges even though heating expenses are included in their rent. (Living Arrangement Code F)

e) Persons who reside in only one room within a larger dwelling.

f) Persons who have no physical address.

g) Persons who are homeless.

Note: The EAP will define a homeless individual as Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C., 254b) does - “an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family), including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility (e.g., shelters) that provides temporary living accommodations, and an individual who is a resident in transitional housing.” A homeless person is an individual without permanent housing who may: live on the streets, a shelter, mission, single room occupancy facility, abandoned building or vehicle, or stay in any other unstable or non-permanent structure.

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