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<br />Page | 35 <br />The following allowable expenses are for all CHG budget categories. Review the table in Section 2.3.1 <br />that maps the budget line items to the 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 are 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 prior to the HEN Referral. <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 that 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. Utility-only assistance means the household is not receiving rent assistance. <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 />✓ Rental insurance when required by lease. <br />✓ Other costs as approved by Commerce. <br /> Special Circumstances <br />✓ Global lease (formerly known as master lease): Security deposit and monthly rent is allowable <br />when an organization leases a unit, and then sub-leases the unit to eligible households in the <br />context of a Rapid 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 continue to pay for the household’s rent. The service provider must <br />determine their own policies and procedures regarding temporary absences, including the <br />length of time a household can be away from the unit. While a household is temporarily absent, <br />they may continue to receive case management. Any temporary absence details must be <br />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 />6 Allowable Expenses