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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: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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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: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
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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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