Rent help
Her brother Dan pays her $800 rent every month.
Sample household: Maya, 29, lives on her own, has an ABLE account and $1,240 in savings. Her full SSI check is $994 in 2026, $1,029 from January 2027.
The input
- Monthly rent from Dan$800Paid to the shop, 2026-04-10, every month
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The result
Her check in June 2026
$662.67
Send it to her ABLE account
$994
Help with rent counts as housing support, up to $351.33 a month. $331.33 would be counted, so her June 2026 check would be $662.67. Sending it to her ABLE account keeps her June 2026 check at $994.
Housing paid by someone else counts as in-kind support.
The rules behind this
- 20 CFR 416.1130: in-kind support and maintenance (shelter)
- POMS SI 00835.020: Definitions for ISM (food and shelter)
- POMS SI 00835.350: Computing ISM from outside the household
- POMS SI 00835.360: Charging ISM from third-party vendor payments
- POMS SI 00835.901: ISM values for 2006 and later
- POMS SI 00810.420: $20 General Income Exclusion
Two reviewers, two rulebooks
Is this bill a housing cost? Each reviewer answers from its own rulebook and quotes it word for word. A program checks every quote before Giftwise acts.
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