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== B. Calculating the Shelter Allowance ==
Recipients of income assistance, PPMB assistance, and disability assistance are eligible for a monthly shelter  allowance  equivalent  to  their  actual  shelter  costs, '''up  to  the  maximum  set  out  in  the Regulations''' for their household size:
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| Family Unit Size || Monthly Shelter Rate (Max.)
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| 1 person || $375
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| 2 person || $570
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| 3 person || $660
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| 4 person || $700
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| 5 person || $750
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| 6 person || $785
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| 7 person || $820
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| 8 person || $855
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Recipients  are  not  eligible for  the  full  monthly  shelter  allowance  if  they are  not  paying  that  much in shelter  costs.    Schedule  A,  s  5  of  the  EAR  and  EAPWDR  set  out  what  expenses  items  can  be included  when  calculating  shelter  costs.  They  are:  rent,  mortgage  payments,  house  insurance premiums,  property  taxes  for  the  recipient’s  own  home,  utility  costs,  and  the  actual  cost  of maintenance and repairs for the recipient’s own home '''if''' these costs have been approved.  Note that the definition of “utility costs” in Schedule A, s 5(1) of the EAR and EAPWDR is quite broad. 
Where two or more family units share the same place of residence, the family units’ shelter costs are calculated according to s 5(4) of Schedule A of the EAR and EAPWDR. 
== C. Rates for People Receiving Room and Board ==
Schedule A, s 6 of the EAR and EAPWDR set out the method for calculating the income assistance and disability assistance rates for a family unit receiving room and board. 
If  recipients  receive  room  and  board  from  a  parent  or  child,  only  the  support  allowance  that  is payable to that family unit size shall be paid.
== D. Rates for People Living in Emergency Shelters and Transition Houses ==
Schedule A, s 9 of EAR and EAPWDR provide for the level of assistance for a family unit is receiving accommodation and care in an emergency shelter or transition house.
== E. Rates for “Transients”Schedule A, s 10 of the EAR sets out the amount of income assistance available to a person that falls under the legislative definition of “transient” (in s 1 of the EAR).  The EAPWD legislation does not have a definition of “transient” nor rules that apply to “transients.”
== F. Rates for People in a Special Care Facility ==
“Special care facility” is defined in s 1 of each regulation as a specialized adult residential care setting approved by MSDSI or a licensed boarding home, alcohol or drug treatment centre, a personal care facility, or intermediate care facility.
Schedule A, s 8 of EAR and the EAPWDR sets out what MSDSI will cover for shelter and support for a person residing at such a facility. 
== G. Children in the Home of a Relative (CIHR) - repealed ==
Until 31 March 2010 the EAA provided that if a child was supported in the home of a relative other than  the  child’s  parent  and  no  parent  of  the  child  was  able  to  pay  the  total  cost  of  the  child’s  care, MSDSI would pay income assistance according to the child’s age:
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! Age Group || Monthly Rate
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| Birth – 5 years  || $257.46
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| 6 – 9 years || $271.59
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| 10 – 11 years  || $314.31
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| 12 – 13 years || $357.82
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| 14 – 17 years || $402.70
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| 18 years  || $454.32
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|  || (less any financial contribution by parents)
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