6 AAC 94.320. Eligibility for temporary housing assistance

(a) The qualify for temporary housing assistance under 6 AAC 94.300 - 6 AAC 94.380, an applicant must meet the following conditions:

(1) the applicant's primary residence must be located in the declared disaster area and must be unlivable as a result of the disaster or the applicant must have been displaced from that residence as the result of the disaster because

(A) the residence was destroyed, essential utility service was interrupted, or the essential living area was damaged as a result of the disaster to such an extent as to constitute a serious health or safety hazard that did not exist before the disaster;

(B) the residence is inaccessible as a result of the disaster to the extent that the applicant cannot reasonably be expected to gain entry due to the disruption or destruction of transportation routes, other impediments to access, or restrictions placed on movement by a responsible official;

(C) the owner of the applicant's residence requires the residence to meet the owner's personal needs because the owner's predisaster primary residence is unlivable as a result of the disaster;

(D) financial hardship resulting from the disaster has led to the applicant's eviction or dispossession; or

(E) of other circumstances that, in the determination of the division, result from the disaster and prevent the applicant from occupying the applicant's predisaster primary residence;

(2) if an applicant has applicable insurance coverage, the applicant must

(A) have made every reasonable effort to secure the insurance benefits, and the benefit payment must be delayed more than 14 days;

(B) have exhausted applicable insurance benefits or the benefits must be insufficient; or

(C) be unable to obtain housing on the private market due to unavailability even though the applicant's benefits are adequate;

(3) the applicant may not own another residence that meets the temporary housing needs of the applicant's household;

(4) the applicant may not have adequate rent-free housing accommodations;

(5) the applicant must agree to pay to the division from any insurance benefits or recoveries, or from benefits the applicant receives from any source for temporary housing assistance, an amount not to exceed the cost to the state of providing the applicant with assistance under 6 AAC 94.300 - 6 AAC 94.380.

(b) The division will not provide temporary housing assistance to an applicant if another source already is providing temporary housing assistance. If a local government or volunteer agency already is providing temporary housing to an applicant, the division will provide temporary housing assistance under 6 AAC 94.300 - 6 AAC 94.380 at the expiration of assistance by the local government or volunteer agency, subject to the division's determination that the applicant qualifies under 6 AAC 94.300 - 6 AAC 94.380.

(1) the division's verification of the applicant's ownership or occupancy of the residence that the disaster has made unlivable or from which the applicant was displaced because of the disaster; and

(2) an inspection of the damaged residence unless, in the division's determination, due to the nature of the disaster, eligibility can be determined without an inspection of the particular residence.

History: Eff. 2/11/2000, Register 153; am 7/1/2000, Register 154

Authority: AS 26.23.020

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