Fw: New Report Shows SSI Payment Won't Even Cover Cost of Shelter (Much Less Anything Else)

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FW: New Report Shows SSI Payment Won't Even Cover Cost of Shelter (Much

Less Anything Else)

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New Report Shows SSI Payment Won't Even Cover Cost of Shelter (Much Less

Anything Else)

A report entitled Priced Out: The Housing Crisis for People with Disabilities,

just released by Technical Assistance Collaboration, Inc., shows that in 2010,

the basic cost of shelter, represented by the average rent for a modest one

bedroom apartment, was more than the entire income of an individual receiving

Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Read the report here.