RE: The lady who drove a Mercedes to pick up food vouchers.
July 19, 2014 at 6:50 pm
(This post was last modified: July 19, 2014 at 6:59 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(July 19, 2014 at 6:26 pm)Heywood Wrote: The fair market value of a car over $4650 is counted toward your resources in determining SNAP eligibility.You should have kept reading. No..no, scratch that - it's directly above the portion you quoted. If you have two cars, and only one person in the household - yeah, you might have to sell one. Then you can reapply, immediately. Or, you can -try- to sell it, and determine that you are unable to get anything for it, for whatever reason.
http://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/facts-about-snap
Quote:Licensed vehicles are NOT counted if they are:Remember, assistance is a vehicle - and they want as many people as possible to qualify for that vehicle. That's how they make the case for additional funds. The wife and I both have nice cars, and we had to climb back over $55k(ish..don't quote me on the pennies) a year before we lost our benefits.
used for income-producing purposes,
annually producing income consistent with their fair market value,
needed for long distance travel for work (other than daily commute),
used as the home,
needed to transport a physically disabled household member,
needed to carry most of the household's fuel or water, or
if the household has little equity in the vehicle (because of money owed on the vehicle, it would bring no more than $1,500 if sold).
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