[Nfbc-info] Questions Re: NFBC v Target Settlement Checks

Mon Jun 15 21:37:42 UTC 2009

Hi Melissa.My friends in VR haven't mentioned section 8 as an alternative 
however,
    Some one on the list mentioned  being on section 8 and getting a 
settlement.I'm kind of baffled by that only because in Rosamond we live in a 
senior complex which is sponsored by farmers aid or something like that 
can't remember what it's called. Any extra income you get over I think $20 
regardless even if it's a scholarship you must report to them. THey in turn 
would raise your rentt. in our case the rent would skyrocket and they 
require bank statements so they can check on you to see what you have.No way 
do I want to pay $700 $800 a month to live in Rosamond. lol.
Regarding section 8,
 We aren't on it mainly because they have a long waiting list and if your 
not on it before you move they usually have a time frame of residency in the 
city county before you can even apply I think it's three months or a year. 
So when we move to Sac.we would have to wait until near the first of the 
year before getting it at best.
If your a section 8 person I don't know if you have to tell them you 
received a sum of money like you do with the farm aid places.
Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Melissa" <frommissy2u at yahoo.com>
To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Questions Re: NFBC v Target Settlement Checks

Does your friend have an issue with section 8 as far as the settlement check 
is concerned?

--- On Mon, 6/15/09, Michael Peterson <its_mike at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

From: Michael Peterson <its_mike at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Questions Re: NFBC v Target Settlement Checks
To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 2:38 AM

Hi chuck.
First thanks for the great housing reccomendations I will check out the 
sources you suggested.
although most of my income is SSDI Terra and I get about $480 combined SSI, 
Several friends in VR have told me I need to do a PASS plan which would 
protect us from SSI Overpayment and allow me to me to win scholarships 
without a negative impact.
Problem isI need to move to a city to do my internships I don't have time to 
wait for a plan to be put in to place.Graduation is scheduled for June 2010 
and I need 600 hours!
The target settlement therefore was God sent my true, "ticket to work".
Any ideas?
I would like to do what your doing pay down high interest cards and would if 
I didn't need to move and pay higher rent.
Any suggestions appreciated and, if anyone knows what to put in and what to 
leave out of a pass that's appreciated too I have the form and for example I 
have some things I had to buy with a credit card like my desktop computer 
which was an emergency purchase so I could compleete a class and the laptop 
computer which I use because for my practium classes I have to do 20 minute 
videos also it affords portability if needed when we can't be near the 
desktop.
Although those aren't outright paid for I did have to purchase them after 
beginning graduate work because the VR counselor I currently have acts very 
slowly and my 3.9 GPA would most likely be much lower if I waited for himm 
to move towards getting stuff done. One really good example, Because my 
schooling is done online my DSL is like transportation. The counselor 
finally agreed in January and ask for copies of my phone bill but still 
after sending them a second time no reimbursement.
In fact I have readers since beginning grad school and not one has ever got 
paid we're trying to get pay for my current one now.
It's tedious because unlike the old days when the reader worked for me 
he/she has to work directly for the VR and go through the counselor 
presenting driver's license social security card and it's more red tape
I wish they would just give me 50 hours a month or whatever and let my 
readers fill in the formI sign and authorize and it's done.
Not that way anymore though.

Thanks:
Mike

----- Original Message ----- From: <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] Questions Re: NFBC v Target Settlement Checks

> actually, the only ones who need to be concerned as to the time and how 
> they spend their money are those on SSI. Those on Social Security 
> Disability or retirement do not have to be concerned as this income is not 
> wages. I will probably be spending mine on various technology items and 
> paying off credit cards that are not providing good rates of interest. The 
> rest will go to developing my business activities as a consultant and 
> paralegal.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Chambers" 
> <regenerative at earthlink.net>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:29 PM
> Subject: [Nfbc-info] Questions Re: NFBC v Target Settlement Checks
>
>
>>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> Did anyone receive a claim denial letter? I was supposedly sent one 
>> around January 1st, but do not think a paper mail version arrived. I 
>> didn't find out about being denied my share of the Target claim until 
>> many NFB buddies had received their checks. I contacted the law firm, 
>> found out about the denial letter, and got everything fixed- up. My web 
>> form had a typo, which caused it to be sorted into the loser file. If 
>> anyone knows anyone else who was denied, double-check the reason, and try 
>> to fix any problems. It's worth taking a few minutes.
>>
>> What are people doing with their money? Since I don't have any (yet), I'm 
>> all ears!
>> A friend, who is receiving Section 8 housing assistance, and is on 
>> disability benefits after being disabled and blinded in middle-age: she 
>> found out that she has to spend the money within the month. Since, she 
>> lives within her means, she has nothing she needs to buy. She is planning 
>> to go on a cruise, and buy things like new TVs, etc. It sounds to me like 
>> she is wasting her money! Social Security told her to spend it, and keep 
>> the receipts. That's what she is trying to do.
>>
>> What are you doing? Just among us, right! (No spies on this list from 
>> Social Security, or the IRS, right?)
>>
>> Fred Chambers
>> VP Beach Cities Chapter
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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