The Government Wants to Charge You for Your Bedroom

Your Neighbor on the Left Podcast · Sep 7, 2026 · 36m

In this episode of Your Neighbor on the Left, Don examines a proposed Trump administration rollback of an SSI rule that protects some low-income disabled people from having family-provided shelter treated as income. He breaks down how a bedroom in a relative’s home can potentially reduce an already meager SSI check, why nearly 400,000 people could eventually be affected by reversing the 2024 policy, and how the proposal effectively penalizes families for providing the housing and unpaid support that help disabled loved ones remain in their communities. Then he connects the rollback to a…