I hadn't seen the old thread in quite a while so I thought I would start a new one.
Things are going pretty well here, my foodstamp allowance has been cut back to $260 per month, but with my summer CSA about to start in a month or so, we will be just fine for food. I feel like I am living in the lap of luxury in regards to food when I get to go down and pick up my share of organic veggies every week all summer long.
: They allow low income families to pay half of the normal fee and they also accept food stamps, so it works out perfectly for us!
I have a question about Section 8 housing if anyone out there knows the answer. My income changes pretty much weekly. I try to keep everyone who needs to know up to date, but my housing has been hard. I live in an apartment complex that is mostly HUD housing, so I have to do "update" forms when my income changes by more than $200 per month. I end up doing one every couple of months, and lately, it has been every month. I know it makes a ton of paperwork for the woman at the office who does it, but today I mentioned that the new paperwork that she just gave me is really only going to be effective for one month, as I have a new schedule again, and she said she is going to apply to HUD to not have to change my rent amount if it is for less than 4 weeks of pay. In other words, if my income goes down to zero for 3 weeks, and I know about it before hand, she will have the right to not adjust my rent amount. This just doesn't sound legal. Anyone know how it works with HUD???
For the record, the last income statement I turned in to them was supposed to be effective for 6-8 weeks, and it ended up changing after only 2 weeks, so frustrating, but not anyone's fault.
I so hate, hate, hate living in subsidized housing. Granted, the extremely low rent is pretty great, but having to deal with people who look down on me and my family and who never let me forget that they are somehow better than I am because they hold my housing future in their hands just stinks.
Anyone else out there?
Things are going pretty well here, my foodstamp allowance has been cut back to $260 per month, but with my summer CSA about to start in a month or so, we will be just fine for food. I feel like I am living in the lap of luxury in regards to food when I get to go down and pick up my share of organic veggies every week all summer long.
: They allow low income families to pay half of the normal fee and they also accept food stamps, so it works out perfectly for us!I have a question about Section 8 housing if anyone out there knows the answer. My income changes pretty much weekly. I try to keep everyone who needs to know up to date, but my housing has been hard. I live in an apartment complex that is mostly HUD housing, so I have to do "update" forms when my income changes by more than $200 per month. I end up doing one every couple of months, and lately, it has been every month. I know it makes a ton of paperwork for the woman at the office who does it, but today I mentioned that the new paperwork that she just gave me is really only going to be effective for one month, as I have a new schedule again, and she said she is going to apply to HUD to not have to change my rent amount if it is for less than 4 weeks of pay. In other words, if my income goes down to zero for 3 weeks, and I know about it before hand, she will have the right to not adjust my rent amount. This just doesn't sound legal. Anyone know how it works with HUD???
For the record, the last income statement I turned in to them was supposed to be effective for 6-8 weeks, and it ended up changing after only 2 weeks, so frustrating, but not anyone's fault.
I so hate, hate, hate living in subsidized housing. Granted, the extremely low rent is pretty great, but having to deal with people who look down on me and my family and who never let me forget that they are somehow better than I am because they hold my housing future in their hands just stinks.
Anyone else out there?
: I wouldn't have to rob Peter to pay Paul every month with bills. I found out the amounts she will get and dam, its more then we get in cash aid every month so I would still qualify for aid for 1 child and I plus dd's SSI. I feel like we would be rich, we wouldn't but my god, even having an extra $20 a month right now would be amazing for me
: I'm here, but I don't really know what to add.. our food stamps got increased because I had a baby.. they went from $130 to $240 
) So I think it's been about a month (I have no concept of time anymore!), and I'd say we're about 90% unpacked/moved in. Even with all of the issues with the businesses during the move (I couldn't find ANYTHING, the transition of ownership did NOT go as planned, no internet, yada yada yada), I managed to make enough money to cover my mortgage payment, and that's all that really mattered to me.
