Sec. 177. (a) "Shelter", for purposes of IC 12-20, means a house, a mobile home, an apartment, a group of rooms, or a single room that is occupied or is intended for occupancy as separate living quarters where the occupant or intended occupant:
(1) does not live and eat with any other individual in the building; and
(2) has direct access to the occupant's living quarters from the outside of the building or through a common hall.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), "shelter", for purposes of IC 12-20-17-2, has the meaning set forth in IC 12-20-17-2.