### Question
What does household mean?


### Answer
**Household** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 8622*:

> any individual or group of individuals who are living together as one economic unit for whom residential energy is customarily purchased in common or who make undesignated payments for energy in the form of rent

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 8622*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 94-LOW-INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE > SUBCHAPTER II-LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE**

