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heretic_lez t1_j5yiof3 wrote

I only know two teachers - one is my upstairs neighbor who affords Burlington by sharing a 4 bedroom apartment with 4 other people and also works another job in the summer. Her car is shot and she can’t afford to fix it. The other managed to score low income housing and is meticulous about she and her husband maintaining the appropriate income level. He explained it to me once and I didn’t really understand.

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MarkVII88 t1_j5yn3h3 wrote

Meticulous about maintaining the appropriate income level...presumably so as to stay below a certain income threshold, so they don't lose any city/state/federal benefits, the loss of which would not be offset by any increased income. In short, to keep from falling off the benefits cliff.

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No-Ganache7168 t1_j60dwp2 wrote

The benefits cliff is real. I know people who have lost food stamps for earning $20 too much

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heretic_lez t1_j60kqn4 wrote

No I understood maintaining benefits lmao I just didn’t understand what exactly counted and what the time period windows were

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