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6 Allowable Expenses <br />6.1 Rent <br />✓ Monthly rent and any combination of first and last months' rent. Rent may only be paid one <br />month at a time, although rental arrears, pro -rated rent, and last month's rent may be included <br />with the first month's payment. Monthly rent is not time -limited. <br />✓ Rental arrears and associated late fees. Rental arrears may be paid if the payment enables the <br />household to obtain or maintain permanent housing. Arrears is not time -limited. <br />• Rental arrears is any missed rent payment currently owed (full or partial), including the <br />current month or past months. <br />■ Rental arrears for HEN households can be paid for a time period when the household <br />was not HEN enrolled. <br />✓ Lot rent for RV or manufactured home. <br />✓ Costs of parking spaces when connected to a unit. <br />✓ Incentives paid to landlords, including reimbursement for damages. <br />✓ Security deposits for households moving into new units. <br />✓ Hotel/Motel expenses for households if no suitable shelter bed is available during housing <br />search or when a hotel/motel unit is used as permanent housing. <br />✓ Utilities which are included in rent. <br />✓ Landlord administrative fees required with rent. <br />✓ Utility payments for households also receiving rental assistance. <br />✓ Utility arrears may be paid if the payment enables the household to obtain or maintain <br />permanent housing. Utility arrears are not time -limited. <br />✓ Utility -only assistance (including arrears) can be provided when no other utility assistance, such <br />as LIHEAP, is available to prevent a shut-off, and documented using the Utility -Only Assistance <br />Form. <br />✓ Utility deposits for a household moving into a new unit. <br />✓ Application fees, background, credit check fees, and costs of urinalyses for drug testing of <br />household members if necessary/required for rental housing. <br />✓ Other costs as approved by Commerce. <br />6.1.1 Special Circumstances <br />✓ Master -lease: Security deposit and monthly rent is allowable when an organization master - <br />leases a unit, and then sub -leases the property to eligible households in the context of a Rapid <br />Re -Housing or Permanent Supportive Housing program. <br />✓ Temporary absence: if a household must be temporarily away from the unit, but is expected to <br />return (such as temporary incarceration, hospitalization, or residential treatment), <br />lead/subgrantees may pay for the household's rent for up to 60 days and charge the grant for <br />eligible costs. While a household is temporarily absent, he or she may continue to receive case <br />management. Any temporary absence must be documented in the client file. <br />✓ Subsidized housing: rent/utility assistance may be used for move -in costs (security deposits, <br />first and last month's rent) for subsidized housing (where household's rent is adjusted based on <br />Page 1 27 <br />