Shared Housing Verification Form
Shared Housing Verification Form
By mail: DTA Document Processing Center,
Shared Housing Verification Form P.O. Box 4406, Taunton, MA 02780‐0420
By fax: (617) 887‐8765
In person at your local DTA office.
Instructions
If you share housing, you can use this form to verify information about your housing situation:
For TAFDC, we need to know if you live in private, public or subsidized housing and if you pay rent.
For EAEDC, we need to know if you pay rent.
For SNAP, we need to know if you share food with the people you live with. Also, you may get more benefits if
you tell us your rent amount and whether you pay for utilities. You can get benefits if you do not give us
information about your rent and utilities, but the amount may be lower.
For SNAP, TAFDC and EAEDC, we need verification that you live in Massachusetts.
To use this form, give it to the person you live with (the primary tenant, homeowner or roommate) to fill out. See below
for examples of verifications you can give us instead of this form. If you cannot get any of these verifications, talk to a DTA
case manager. We may accept your written statement in some situations.
Examples of other verifications
To verify that you live in Massachusetts:
Recent rent receipt lease
Recent utility bill
Voter registration card
Recent wage stub or employment document showing your address
Health insurance statement showing your address
Driver’s license, state ID or school ID showing your address
To verify rent:
Recent rent receipt or a copy of lease
Recent cancelled check or money order for rent payment
To verify your utilities:
Recent bill for heating or cooling
Recent bill for gas or oil (non‐heat), electricity, wood, coal, water, sewerage, or trash disposal
Recent bill for phone
Fuel assistance approval letter
If you have questions or need help getting verifications
If you are applying for or get SNAP benefits, call DTA at 1‐877‐382‐2363.
If you are applying for or get cash assistance (TAFDC or EAEDC), call your case manager.
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Give this form to DTA
Shared Housing Verification Form By mail: DTA Document Processing Center,
P.O. Box 4406, Taunton, MA 02780‐0420
By fax: (617) 887‐8765
In person at your local DTA office.
For client and DTA
____________________________________________ _______________________________
Client name Agency ID or last 4 of SSN
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Address
Return completed form to the address above by: ____________________________
For primary tenant, homeowner or roommate
Please fill out this form to verify how you share rent, utility and/or food costs with the client listed above.
Household information
• Is your housing public or subsidized (e.g., Section 8 or MVRP)? Yes No
• Do you provide meals to the client? Yes No
If yes, how many meals per week? _____ Amount (if any) paid for meals per week: $__________
List people in the home who are related to the client or the client’s children (include yourself if appropriate):
____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________
____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________
List people in the home who buy food and prepare most meals with client (include yourself if appropriate):
____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________
____________________________ ____________________________ ____________________________
Rent information
• Does the client pay to live with you? Yes No
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