1. United States
2. Mich.
3. Letter

A Bedroom is NOT a Luxury Asset. Protect Social Security! I am a voting constituent writing to voice my fierce opposition to the administration’s proposed overhaul of Supplemental Security Income (SSI). These changes—specifically the plan to deduct in-kind support like the value of a bedroom from a disabled person’s check—are nothing short of predatory. Forcing a $330 monthly cut on families simply because they live together is a roommate tax that targets the most vulnerable. Even worse, the administration plans to scrap the Public Assistance Household rule. Ignoring a family’s SNAP status just to squeeze bedroom value out of their meager budget isn't efficiency—it’s calculated cruelty. The proposal to require monthly reporting of household assets is an administrative nightmare clearly designed to make families trip up and lose coverage. We are talking about people with severe disabilities being buried in Byzantine paperwork just to prove they are still poor. Furthermore, the sliding scale cuts for households with multiple disabled children are appalling. Since when did having two disabled kids become a volume discount for the government? Stop treating a basic safety net like a slush fund for budget cuts. I urge you to block these rules and protect the 400,000 families this policy would push into deeper poverty.