Posted on 10/01/2016 11:33:06 AM PDT by Hojczyk
The move was sought by local East African immigrants. Immigrants traveling for 30 to 90 days could apply for a hardship which will reduce their rent to $75 a month while they are gone. The Star Tribune reported:
Public housing residents in Minneapolis will no longer need to pay their normal monthly rent when travel abroad erases their income, a change particularly sought by East African immigrants.
The board of the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority approved this week reverting to its previous policy of collecting only minimal rent during extended absences. The change takes effect once approved by federal housing officials, which is expected by years end.
Abdi Warsame, a City Council member, told the board that the policy in place for the past five years works a particular hardship on elderly East Africans who must save for long periods if they want to visit their homelands. He said that many receive federal Supplemental Security Income, which is halted when the recipient is outside the United States.
Yet the policy required people to keep paying rent, which is income-based. Travelers gone for 30 to 90 days could apply for a hardship, which meant that they paid the minimum $75 monthly rent during their absence, but were required to make up the difference between that and their normal rent over the next year or two.
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They can get social security even if they haven’t paid in?
With all this crap, it is not surprising MN is actually possibly in play for Trump.
That’s right, we are fools.
I was just thinking I need to travel to Australia for 6 months. What’s the lead time for that apartment?
Yep.
nitwits in MN
I am shocked by the intolerant comments being made here. Have some compassion. You do not realize how difficult it is to maintain an apartment in the U.S. while attendind terrorist training in East Africa. Our government officials realize this and that is why we must raise taxes on the wealthy, especially those fat cats who are working a second job in a 7 Eleeven.
If things were so bad where they were that they had to immigrate, why is it now safe to return for vacation? Americans are so dumb to allow this.
What the hell ?
Those poor migrants, how could we possibly penalize them by expecting full rental payment while they’re traveling internationally?
It's funded from regular tax revenues, and it's paid to people who do not have sufficient credits to get Social Security, including disabled young people, and elderly Americans who qualify for some Social Security, but are below a minimum monthly payment.
Disabled immigrants with Green Cards also qualify for SSI.
shush
youre not allowed to make sense...
This is why our government, particularly Fed.gov, should be allowed to go bankrupt.
It would be welcomed, not feared.
Disabled immigrants with Green Cards also qualify for SSI.
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when did that start ???
that wasn’t around when I immigrated...
I welcome the impending breakup of the United States.
It's a cancerous mutant.
used to be if they became public charge within 5 years of immigrating-deported
now we cant give green cards and refugee status and free money away fast enough the USA has gone crazy
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge
http://www.washingtonlawhelp.org/resource/public-charge-when-is-it-safe-for-immigrants?ref=aq7En#k
I don’t know the history of SSI and Medicaid well enough to give you an exact time table.
In 1984, my Green Card girlfriend’s parents immigrated and her Father qualified for SSI and Medicaid because he was 65.
As to younger disabled immigrants, back then, I don’t know.
I’m willing to pay for them to travel home to whatever Krapistan they wish, so long as they stay there
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