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Pg. 5 in the city who are not less than sixty-five years of age or are • permanently and totally disabled and who are otherwise eligible according to the provisions of this article. The city council finds and declares that persons qualifying for such grants are deemed to bear an extraordinary burden in rent costs, and thereby indirectly an extraordinary real estate tax burden, in relation to their income and financial worth. Such persons are deemed thus to qualify for general relief as provided in §63.1-106 of the Code of Virginia, which general relief shall be in the form of the grants provided pursuant to this article. �Pkis-artie}e-shell-be-a€feetide; as-e�-HereH-}9;-193;-te-�re�ride-€er-snek-grants-fer-tke-grant-year 19��-end-snbseclnent-gram-years- Section 30-11. Qualifications for grant. Grants pursuant to this article shall be made to persons complying with the following provisions: (a) The applicant has paid rent for his dwelling within the city during the grant year and was a resident of the city on December 31 of the grant year. (b) The applicant, or his or her spouse if they reside • together, is sixty-five years of age or older or permanently and totally disabled as of December 31 of the grant year. (c) The dwelling for which the rental relief grant is sought was occupied as of December 31 of the grant year as the sole dwelling place of the applicant. (d) The gross combined income during the grant year from all sources of such applicant and of all relatives of the applicant living in such dwelling, does not exceed the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars; provided, that the first two thousand five hundred dollars of income of each relative other than spouse of such applicant who is living in such dwelling shall be excluded from such total. If the applicant has been a resident of the city for less than full grant year, the gross combined income for such year and the maximum allowable income shall be prorated for the period of actual residency. (e) The net combined financial worth of such applicant and relatives of such applicant living in such dwelling as of December 31 of the grant year does not exceed twenty thousand dollars. Net combined financial worth shall include all • assets, including equitable interests.