The following individuals and members of their households are considered to be responsible for home-heating costs:
55 Pa. Code § 601.31(2); LIHEAP State Plan § 601.31(2); PLA 15989-605; PLA 18220-605
Homeowners and renters, including people living in subsidized housing, who are responsible to pay an energy provider directly for home-heating fuel or utility service.
NOTE: For homeowners and renters whose utility service has been terminated , see 619.7.
Renters who pay for heat indirectly for their residence as an undesignated part of rent. Households that rent with heat included and roomers receive half of the benefit amount to which they would otherwise be entitled. This benefit is generally issued as a direct payment, but if the household has a secondary heat account it can be sent to that provider.
NOTE: Renters, including people living in subsidized housing, are ineligible if their rent includes an undesignated amount for heat and is based on a fixed percentage of their income or on their source of income.
If a household in subsidized housing that has been paying for rent and utilities as a fixed portion of its income has to start paying an energy provider for any or all of its main heating costs, that household may be eligible for a LIHEAP Cash and Crisis benefits.
Reissued March 28, 2017, replacing November 16, 2016