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1285 (07/2026) Chapter 8: Examples • Chapter 8: Examples Example 2: Disability accommodation Sasha is an OSIPM recipient who receives SSI. Sasha is paralyzed from the waist down but lives alone in a ground-floor one-bedroom apartment with a wheelchair accessible shower, widened doorways, and lowered counter tops. This apartment’s accommodations allow Sasha to live independently. Sasha’s apartment is one of four such accessible units in the apartment complex. The four accessible units rent for $600.00 per month. Sasha has provided a copy of a letter from the property management company stating that the other standard units in the apartment complex rent for $475.00 per month. $600.00 rent for accessible apartment - $475.00 rent for a standard apartment = $125.00 accommodation allowance payment Example 3: Additional bedroom for homecare worker Angel is an OSIPM and in-home service recipient whose income totals $1175.00 per month in SSDI. Angel requires full assistance in mobility, eating, bath/hygiene, elimination, and dressing/grooming and is independent in cognition. Angel has several family members who are able to provide care during the daytime, but typically requires 12-16 hours per day of service from homecare workers throughout the night. Particularly, every 3 hours Angel needs to be repositioned and to have an undergarment change. Each occurrence takes approximately 15 minutes. Because a homecare worker needs to be available throughout each night, and because Angel’s service needs can be scheduled, many of Angel’s homecare workers work overnight. Angel has a 2-bedroom apartment, so the overnight homecare workers can sleep there. Angel’s rent is subsidized through Section 8, and the unsubsidized rent is $1,200.00 per month. Angel’s actual subsidized monthly rent payment amount is $342.60. $342.60/3 = $114.20 $114.20 One-third of Angel’s monthly rent cost + $404.00 Limited Standard Utility Allowance = $518.20 accommodation allowance payment Special diet allowance