The household is eligible for housing assistance if:

1. The household completes and submits a housing assistance application in the form and manner prescribed by the department;

2. The household resides in North Dakota;

3. The household is at risk of eviction or experiencing housing instability;

4. The household has a written rental agreement with the housing provider or both parties self-attest to a rental agreement;

5. The household has an annual income no greater than eighty percent of area median income by household size by county;

6. The household's housing assistance application and housing provider's application does not contain false or misleading material information, or the household or housing provider did not intentionally withhold material information;

7. The exhaustion of appropriated funds has not occurred for the housing assistance program; and

8. The housing assistance program has not ended.