NAC702.870. Procedure to apply for weatherization assistance; criteria for eligibility; priority for certain eligible households; limitations; retention of records.

     1. A household may apply to receive weatherization assistance from a subgrantee that has been approved by the Housing Division to provide weatherization assistance within the county or other regional area where the dwelling unit of the household is located. The name, address and telephone number of such a subgrantee may be obtained from an office of the Housing Division or at the Internet website of the Housing Division.

     2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, to be eligible to receive weatherization assistance from a subgrantee, a household must:

     (a) File with the appropriate subgrantee an application for weatherization assistance and an eligibility determination worksheet;

     (b) Provide a copy of a bill from a public utility or a municipal utility indicating that the household paid the universal energy charge for the dwelling unit for the month in which the household is applying for weatherization assistance; and

     (c) Have a total household income which, in relation to the number of persons who reside in the household, is at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level.

     3. A subgrantee shall provide weatherization assistance to eligible households based on the availability of money and the priority given to each eligible household using the information provided in the eligibility determination worksheet. The subgrantee shall give priority to the following eligible households in the following order of priority:

     (a) Eligible households requiring emergency assistance because:

          (1) The primary heating system of the household is inoperable or unsafe during the winter heating season; or

          (2) The primary cooling system of the household is inoperable or unsafe during the summer cooling season.

     (b) Eligible households that have one or more members who are:

          (1) Elderly persons;

          (2) Persons with a disability; or

          (3) Children less than 6 years of age.

     (c) All other eligible households.

     4. Whether or not a household satisfies the other criteria set forth in this section, a household is not eligible to receive weatherization assistance if:

     (a) The household purchases natural gas or electricity from an entity described in subsection 1 of NRS 702.150;

     (b) Within the 5 years immediately preceding the application, the dwelling unit has been improved, in whole or in part, through a program of weatherization assistance administered pursuant to the provisions of NAC 702.600 to 702.870, inclusive, or pursuant to some other public or private program that provides weatherization assistance to low-income households; or

     (c) The dwelling unit is:

          (1) Vacant;

          (2) On the market for sale or in the process of being acquired or sold; or

          (3) In the process of being foreclosed, sold or having its title transferred for the failure of a person to pay under the terms of a mortgage, a deed of trust, a land installment contract or any other contract, lien or judgment.

     5. Except as otherwise provided by law, each subgrantee shall maintain for a period of at least 6 years:

     (a) Each application for weatherization assistance filed by a household;

     (b) Each eligibility determination worksheet filed by a household; and

     (c) Each building weatherization report filed by the subgrantee.

     (Added to NAC by Housing Div. by R208-01, eff. 4-5-2002)