$721 is the maximum Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which is a separate benefit based on need.
If we assume that the seniors in question worked enough to be eligible for regular social security benefits and meet the income requirements for SSI, then they would get their regular SS benefits PLUS the SSI benefits.
I'll grant that social security isn't much to live on, but it's not quite as dire as "The max Social Security check anyone can get isn't enough to cover rent, much less anything else."
It seems dishonest to link the lack of affordable senior housing to Frank Chopp. Left carefully unsaid here is that without Chopp's work, many existing units for low-income seniors would never have been built. I know he agrees there are too few. But trying to blame him for that is like blaming Dan Savage for people needing his sex advice so badly.
who is SLOG fooling? Hipsters living in Crapitol Hill dont give a shit about senior citizens.
@1 - you mistakenly assume that the 'writers" at the Stranger ever check their facts....they are a bunch of clueless morons that couldnt get a job at McDonalds if they tried.
Maximum Social Security Benefit: Worker Retiring at Full Retirement Age in 2014: $2,642/mo.
http://www.ssa.gov/pressoffice/factsheet…
$721 is the maximum Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which is a separate benefit based on need.
If we assume that the seniors in question worked enough to be eligible for regular social security benefits and meet the income requirements for SSI, then they would get their regular SS benefits PLUS the SSI benefits.
I'll grant that social security isn't much to live on, but it's not quite as dire as "The max Social Security check anyone can get isn't enough to cover rent, much less anything else."
Caring for seniors is an issue of charity, not of ensuring that workers are able to reach their workplace without an hour and a half commute.
@1 - you mistakenly assume that the 'writers" at the Stranger ever check their facts....they are a bunch of clueless morons that couldnt get a job at McDonalds if they tried.