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Old 02-02-2025, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by BrianL99 View Post
I'm not even sure that would work.

Have you been to a grocery store lately?

Subsidized housing runs 30% of "adjusted income" (which in Sr Housing, is essentially be gross minus medical.

if the average SS check is $1900, the rent would be $550. $1350/month after rent, but before utilities? Tough to eat on that income.
It does for hundreds of thousands that barely get by. Most don’t witness it, why they organization’s like meals on wheels.