ESTIMATES IN LIEU OF VERIFICATION FOR HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS WITH SHELTER COSTS.

SEC. 1737. ESTIMATES IN LIEU OF VERIFICATION FOR HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS WITH SHELTER COSTS. Section 11(e)(3)(E) (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(3)(E)) is amended by inserting before the final semicolon a period and the following: “Under rules prescribed by the Secretary, a State agency shall develop standard estimates of the shelter expenses that may reasonably be expected to be incurred by households in which all members are homeless but that are not receiving free shelter throughout the month. The Secretary may issue regulations to preclude the use of the estimates104 STAT. 3794 for households with extremely low shelter costs for whom the following sentence shall not apply. A State agency shall use the estimates in determining the allotments of the households, unless a household verifies higher expenses”.