The growing divide between federal disability income and rent is leading more people into homelessness.
Tyrone Porter could soon become one of those people. His Seattle apartment, while subsidized, still costs $805 a month. For three years, that rent was covered by the state. But late last year he qualified for federal disability income, which means he lost the state benefit and it’s now up to him to pay for his living expenses, along with everything else. He’s running out of money.
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In June of last year, 704 people were living in apartments via the state housing benefit in King County. More than 60% of those people were in apartments in which the rent exceeds monthly SSI. That’s 433 people possibly facing some sort of cliff if and when their applications for federal disability payments are approved.
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