§ 418.3345 - How do we determine the value of in-kind support and maintenance?

(a) You can receive in-kind support and maintenance, such as food and shelter, if you live alone, with others, or in a facility, or in an institution. The amount of income you derive from in-kind support and maintenance is the current market value of the food and shelter provided to you and your living-with spouse by someone other than you or your living-with spouse. Shelter includes room, rent, mortgage payments, real property taxes, heating fuel, gas, electricity, water, sewerage, and garbage collection services.

(b) The maximum amount of income we count from in-kind support and maintenance during a month is limited to one-third of the monthly SSI Federal benefit rate for an eligible individual (as described in § 416.410 of this chapter) that is in effect for the period for which you are applying or are eligible for a subsidy. If you are married and living with your spouse, the maximum amount of income you and your spouse receive from in-kind support and maintenance during a month is limited to one-third of the monthly SSI Federal benefit rate for an eligible couple (as described in § 416.412 of this chapter). If the current market value of the in-kind support and maintenance you receive is less than one-third of the applicable monthly SSI Federal benefit rate, we count only the current market value as income.