Household eligibility for housing assistance

The household is eligible for housing assistance if: 1. The household completes and submits a housing assistance application in the form and manner prescribed by the department; 2. The household resides in North Dakota; 3. The household is at risk of eviction or experiencing housing instability; 4. The household has a written rental agreement with the housing provider or both parties self- attest to a rental agreement; 5. The household has an annual income no greater than eighty percent of area median income by household size by county; 6. The household's housing assistance application and housing provider's application does not contain false or misleading material information, or the household or housing provider did not intentionally withhold material information; 7. The exhaustion of appropriated funds has not occurred for the housing assistance program; and 8. The housing assistance program has not ended.