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MN Housing Board to Pay Monthly Rent for Migrants Traveling Back to East Africa
Gateway Pundit ^ | October 1,2016 | Jim Hoft

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 year’s 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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: africa; immigrants; migrants; minneapolis; minnesota; mn; publichousing
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

21 posted on 10/01/2016 12:00:11 PM PDT by Pelham (DLM. Deplorable Lives Matter)
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To: Liz; AuntB; La Lydia; sickoflibs; stephenjohnbanker; Tolerance Sucks Rocks; 2ndDivisionVet; ...

PING


22 posted on 10/01/2016 12:04:11 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: zeestephen

They can get social security even if they haven’t paid in?


23 posted on 10/01/2016 12:05:08 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Hojczyk

With all this crap, it is not surprising MN is actually possibly in play for Trump.


24 posted on 10/01/2016 12:07:07 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Hojczyk

That’s right, we are fools.


25 posted on 10/01/2016 12:08:18 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Hojczyk

I was just thinking I need to travel to Australia for 6 months. What’s the lead time for that apartment?


26 posted on 10/01/2016 12:10:02 PM PDT by enduserindy (Republican's have sold the path, not lost it.)
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To: Hojczyk

Yep.


27 posted on 10/01/2016 12:15:58 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Hojczyk

nitwits in MN


28 posted on 10/01/2016 12:16:23 PM PDT by ptsal
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To: PTBAA

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.


29 posted on 10/01/2016 12:22:20 PM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: Hojczyk

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.


30 posted on 10/01/2016 12:22:54 PM PDT by nclaurel
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To: MagUSNRET

What the hell ?


31 posted on 10/01/2016 12:25:44 PM PDT by advertising guy ( TRUMP , BUT VERIFY)
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To: Hojczyk

Those poor migrants, how could we possibly penalize them by expecting full rental payment while they’re traveling internationally?


32 posted on 10/01/2016 12:27:34 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Menehune56
SSI is not Social Security.

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.

33 posted on 10/01/2016 12:28:14 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: nclaurel

shush

youre not allowed to make sense...


34 posted on 10/01/2016 12:28:40 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Hojczyk

This is why our government, particularly Fed.gov, should be allowed to go bankrupt.

It would be welcomed, not feared.


35 posted on 10/01/2016 12:29:15 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: zeestephen

Disabled immigrants with Green Cards also qualify for SSI.
______________________________________________

when did that start ???

that wasn’t around when I immigrated...


36 posted on 10/01/2016 12:30:15 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: PGR88
This is why our government, particularly Fed.gov, should be allowed to go bankrupt. It would be welcomed, not feared.

I welcome the impending breakup of the United States.

It's a cancerous mutant.

37 posted on 10/01/2016 12:33:48 PM PDT by Lazamataz (MSM ignoring Hillary's health until forced, shows us they are the MPM: Ministry of Propaganda Media)
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To: Tennessee Nana

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


38 posted on 10/01/2016 12:36:05 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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To: Tennessee Nana

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.


39 posted on 10/01/2016 12:38:49 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: Hojczyk

I’m willing to pay for them to travel home to whatever Krapistan they wish, so long as they stay there


40 posted on 10/01/2016 12:39:34 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born. They're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero.)
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