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Adult Families

What constitutes an adult family?

The Department of Homeless Services (DHS) considers an adult family to be any family without minor children, including the following household compositions:

Applicants who are a legally married couple and present a valid original marriage certificate; or

Applicants who are a domestic partners couple and present a valid original domestic partnership certificate; or

Adults who provide, as part of their application for Temporary Housing Assistance, proof establishing the medical dependence of one applicant upon another;

Two or more adults who can provide birth certificates to prove a parent and child or sibling family relationship or share a "caretaking" (emotionally or physically supportive) relationship, including:

aunt or uncle to niece or nephew

grandparent to grandchild

parent to child or stepchild

siblings

Clients must be able to verify that their household constitutes a family as defined above and can demonstrate that they have resided with one another for 180 days within the year immediately prior to the date of their application.

Adult Families: Applying for Temporary Housing Assistance

Adult Families: The Shelter System