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     Below you will find two tables, read them over and see if you can fit the example you just filled out into this "budget".
    
Schedule C

EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2007

AMOUNTS FOR BASIC ALLOWANCES
Renters, Roomers, Owners, and Homeless
Excludes a Shelter Component
    
# of Dependants (other than spouse) Dependants
13 Years and over
Dependants
Ages birth to 12 years
One Adult Person
(monthly)
Two Adult Persons
(monthly)
0 0 0 553.86 1106.70
1 0
1
1
0
828.24
882.30
1225.02
1273.98
2 0
1
2
2
1
0
946.56
1000.62
1050.60
1361.70
1410.66
1460.64
1.  For each additional dependant in the family in excess of two, add to the appropriate amount set out in the Schedule for a family of two dependants as follows:

Dependant 13 years and over .....................................$199.92/month

Dependant 0 to 12 years ...........................................$148.92/month

    
MAXIMUM SHELTER ALLOWANCE TABLE

EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 2007

Shelter allowance maximums for renters and owners.
    
FAMILY SIZE MAXIMUM SHELTER
1 444.72
2 699.72
3 758.88
4 824.16
5 888.42
6 or more 921.06
     
The maximum total shelter budget refers to the maximum amount available to pay for the total cost of: rent, mortgage, taxes, utility cost, fire insurance, common (condo) fees, and where appropriate between October and July, the cost of energy for heat)

Note:  If the monthly cost of energy for heat exceeds the maximum shelter allowance, the actual cost of the energy for heat shall be issued instead of the shelter allowance. (Reg 537 Sec 13 (4) 9)
    
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