This transmittal reviewed the Category, Action and Issue Codes that should be entered on the Fair Hearing Information System (FHIS) for Upstate fair hearings involving temporary housing issues. These issues most often arise in Suffolk and Westchester counties.
Clients may be placed in temporary housing by the Local District, and because they have income, may be required to pay a portion of the cost of the housing directly to the housing provider. The clients are entitled to a fair hearing if they disagree with the portion of the costs they have to pay.
If a fair hearing is requested to review an Upstate Local District’s determination of the client/household contribution toward the cost of temporary housing, The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) staff in the Communications Intake Unit (CIU) will process such hearings with the following coding:
Agency: LDSS (Upstate Only)
Category: SNA or FA
Subcategory: None
Action: INAD or REDU
Issue Code: 657
Aid Status: As appropriate
Scheduling Status: N (Next available calendar)
If the client does not pay the assigned portion and is sent a Notice of Intent to discontinue the shelter placement, a fair hearing can be scheduled to review the discontinuance of temporary shelter. Staff in the CIU should use the following coding:
Agency: LDSS (Upstate Only)
Category: EA
Subcategory: None
Action: DISC
Issue code: 662
Aid status: As appropriate
Scheduling Status: On existing Emergency Assistance (EA) Calendar or Adjournment Parts calendar, if available.
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