Question to those living on disability

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I receive $674.00/mo. from SSI, that is the maximum for a single person at this time. Your state may add to that depending on your expenses. I will receive an additional $174 from CT supplemental income iirc when I have my own apartment. Presently I rent a room from my parents. I also receive $200.00/mo. in food stamps. If you live with your parents, start paying them rent, say $100.00 assuming they don't really care, report that to SSA and you will receive substantially more money. You should apply for subsidized (elderly/disabled) housing in your area, the rent is fixed at something like 1/3 whatever your income is. You will probably be on a waiting list for several years.

I've lived on limited income for most of my life and have lived at home and share-housed. I recommend the share house experience. I SH'd with goths and gays for seven years. People who naturally are into their own space and letting you have yours. And we rented houses that might cost $800 per month, but with 6 of us came to approx $118 each. One room each and communal areas. Not high living, but fairly autonomous.

Just gotta find people you like enough and are relatively honest. Opened me up to new experiences. Going to goth and gay night clubs. Great places, dark and usually left to sit in a corner and enjoy the ambiance. Mind you though, I was hopeless at feeding myself and under-weight. Now I weigh 60 pounds more.

I don't know the American way, but you could SH in university districts. Open up avenues to educational resources and maybe broader, inexpensive or free cultural events or places.

I actually used to get close to 600 but than they said that I owed them 16,000 for the fact that I had 2,000 in a thing that my grandpa has for all his grand kids for college. So, that 2,000 I can't touch until college. So they took that because my mom told them that. And said they over paid us 16,000 so now they take out 175 dollars a month for me to pay them that back. So I get only 200 dollars. They also made my mom the payee which pisses me off because I can handle my own money.

They told me that it would be better for me to earn money on my own and go to DVR which will help me find a job with my strengths & a job coach. I have had SSI for 3 years since I got out of the hospital.

They tell you that you can't over 2,000. So I found out if you get a special needs trust fund than if you had over 2,000 dollars it doesn't matter and you won't loose your SSI.