(Revised 10/00 ML #2629)
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Establishing the LIHEAP benefit level for unsubsidized renters whose heating costs are included as an undesignated part of their rent will be similar to the procedures for establishing a LIHEAP benefit level for any other eligible LIHEAP applicant, with TWO EXCEPTIONS:
- An additional calculation for the estimated cost of heating is necessary. The estimated cost of heating will be the smaller of the amount taken from the appropriate cost of heating tables OR 25% of the annualized rent payment. (See lines 7a and 7b of SFN 530, "Eligibility and Benefit Worksheet.")
- For renter/heat paid households using electricity as the primary heat source, the computer will NOT perform the calculation which reduces the LIHEAP Share Percentage by 25% to account for non-heating electricity. That is because the Estimated Heat Cost computed in #1 above is already based on a presumed heating cost being 25% of the total rent. Applying the additional 25 % reduction to the LS percentage would be duplication.
