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Payments made by an individual living in the assistance group’s home that are for both lodging and meals.
Treatment: Earned Income
Boarder income is self-employment income.
Exception:
Boarder income is excluded when it is the foster care payment of a foster child boarder who is not a member of the food stamp household.
Manually reduce boarder income by the greater of:
• maximum monthly food stamp coupon allotment for the number of boarders, or
• actual expenses, if claimed and verified.
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Exception:
A boarder’s payments are excluded when the boarder is included in the assistance group because the boarder’s income is included in the assistance group’s income calculation.