AT the age of 18, during my senior year, I was kicked out my home. I couch surfed my way into my older brother home where I finished the last few months of the school year. I now have a new apartment in the same town with a seperate older brother and a year has passed. I am very close to being homeless and have no financial support from a parent, I work jobs to pay my rent. I am not on the lease for my new apartment. According to US law couch surfing is homelessness.

FASFA Application says, "

• You are homeless, or self-supporting and at risk of being homeless. Homeless means you are lacking fixed, regular, and adequate housing, which includes living in shelters, parks, motels, hotels, public spaces, camping grounds, cars, abandoned buildings, or temporarily living with other people because you had nowhere else to go. Also, if you are living in any of these situations and fleeing an abusive parent, you may be considered homeless even if your parent would otherwise provide a place to live.

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I believe I more than meet this standard, but want to be sure. The Website says filing as homeless and near homeless means I do not file financial information about my parents.

How does this affect my fasfa?
Does this hurt me?
What should I know about filing this way?