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<br />Page | 31 <br />5.3 HEN Housing Status Eligibility <br /> Homeless <br />Households are homeless if they are unsheltered or residing in a temporary housing program, as <br />defined below. <br /> Unsheltered Homeless: <br />✓ Living outside or in a place that is not designed for, or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping <br />accommodation for human beings, including a vehicle, park, abandoned building, bus or train <br />station, airport, or campground. <br />✓ Fleeing or attempting to flee domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, human <br />trafficking, or other dangerous or life-threatening conditions that relate to violence against the <br />household member(s), including children, that have either taken place within the household’s <br />primary nighttime residence or has made the household member(s) afraid to return to their <br />primary nighttime residence. <br /> Sheltered Homeless: <br />✓ Residing in a temporary housing program including shelters, tr ansitional or interim housing, and <br />hotels and motels paid for by charitable organizations or government programs. <br />✓ Exiting a system of care or institution where they resided for 90 days or less AND who resided in <br />an emergency shelter or place not meant for human habitation immediately before entering <br />that system of care or institution. <br />✓ Residing in a trailer or recreational vehicle that is parked illegally or in a location that is not <br />intended for long-term stays (i.e. parking lots). <br /> At Risk of Homelessness <br />Households are at risk of homelessness if they meet one of the following conditions: <br />✓ Have a missed rent payment and currently owe all or part of a rent payment (current month or <br />past months); OR <br />✓ Has moved because of economic reasons 2 or more times during the 60 days immediately <br />preceding the application for assistance; OR <br />✓ Is living in the home of another because of economic hardship; OR <br />✓ Has been notified that their right to occupy their current housing or living situation will be <br />terminated within 21 days after the date of application for assistance; OR <br />✓ Lives in a hotel/motel and the cost is not paid for by charitable organizations or by Federal, <br />State, or local government programs for low-income individuals; OR <br />✓ Lives in an SRO or efficiency apartment unit in which there reside more than 2 persons or lives <br />in a larger housing unit in which there reside more than one and a half persons per room; OR <br />✓ Is exiting a publicly funded institution or system of care. <br />5.4 HEN Documentation of Housing Status <br />Lead/subgrantees must verify and document eligible housing status prior to program entry. Refer to <br />the CHG Verification of Household Eligibility and Income Recertification Form for allowable <br />documentation. <br /> <br />The CHG Verification of Household Eligibility and Income Recertification Form and housing status <br />documentation must be kept in the client file. Documentation must be dated within 30 days of