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Am I technically homeless?
I live in a college dormitory except when it is closed for Christmas, Spring, and Summer breaks. My permanent address is a PO box up the street from the dorm I live in. I don't live with my parents and scramble for housing before breaks come up.
Does this make me homeless?
I only ask because a friend of mine in the same situation said that she's considered homeless on her FAFSA and that gets her more student aid.
I'm not trying to belittle people who have no job and have to live on the streets or in shelters. I'm just trying to find out if this counts me, legally, as someone who doesn't really have a home.
6 Answers
- 1 decade ago
To me this would mean that if a person were unable to enter their home due to termite removal and "tenting," that they would be homeless during that period... Those people plan on returning to their home as soon as it is available and find intermediary housing in the meantime, which seems like what you are doing as well.
Has your friend spoken to the people at FAFSA? I would wonder whether they would agree with your friend's analysis or if they would see this as a fraudulent means to get more aid. She may be in some serious trouble if it is the latter...Someone I went to undergrad with had to repay her aid immediately (loans, grants, etc.) and is precluded from ever getting financial aid because of a mistake that may or may not have been an attempt to defraud. (if they had determined it was intentional, there probably would have been larceny charges to boot)
Either way, why not just call FAFSA, tell them your situation and ask for their guidance? It's better to be honest on the forms and maybe have to work a little harder for an extra few hundred bucks then to find yourself in a situation you *really* don't want to be in...
- cyanne2akLv 71 decade ago
No, it does not. You should talk to your college about your housing situation. Most colleges keep a single dorm open during breaks. As for Summer, just take summer classes so you can stay in the dorms or get an internship that provides housing. It's pretty easy to do.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
No. You have a home. It's called a dorm. Don't belittle the people that are truly homeless.
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