GENERAL INFORMATION

• If renting on your own, three (3) months’ rent receipts.
• If rent does not include utilities, a computer printout of utilities. You can call the customer service number on your bills. This is for gas and electric only.
• If your are living with someone, a NOTARIZED LETTER from the person you are staying with stating the address, how long you have been staying there, and the amount of room and board you are paying, if any.
• Verification of all income: TAFDC/EAEDC, SSI/Social Security, pension, ten consecutive pay stubs, child support, unemployment, etc.
• INS documentation regarding immigration status.
• Birth certificates and social security cards for everyone on the application.

CLAIMING HOMELESSNESS

• Letter from the shelter, motel or social service agency stating they have placed you either in a shelter or a motel.
• Self-declaration letter written by you stating how, why, and when you became homeless.
• Detailed Housing Search. NOTE: Housing search is NOT needed when applying for Voucher Choice Program (Section 8).