Assets in special needs trusts do not affect eligibility for subsidized housing but most distributions are treated as income for determining the beneficiary's rent obligation.

Question: I am a Section 8 voucher holder. One of my children’s grandparents owns a home and I’m wondering if I can legally use my voucher to rent from him. Her dad and I were never married and [...]

Question: I’m on Medicaid. I purchased cryptocurrency that could result in a sizable capital gain when I sell. Can I get a first-party special needs trust set up and transfer the proceeds [...]

Question: I am involved with a special needs trust that seems to require an independent trustee, and because of possible conflict between two residuary distributees (after the prime [...]

Question: Can my mother use her Section 8 voucher to rent from my husband (her son-in-law) or the trust that he owns? Response: Probably not from him directly, but perhaps from his trust. Family [...]

Question: If a disabled adult child clause has prohibited the Medicaid estate recovery on her dad’s estate, can the probate attorney who advised the sale of the property then divide the proceeds [...]

Question: I understand that ABLE funds are subject to pay back if the state chooses to do so. Where a state statute (NJ) gives the state up to 3 years after receiving notice of death of a [...]

Question: Is there away to determine the amount to be reimbursed back to Medicaid before the death of a disabled beneficiary of a 1st party SNT? Response: Probably not, though the answer would [...]

Question: I am helping a friend who has a 1st party special needs trust set up for his brother (funded from a personal injury settlement). His parents who were previously the trustees never [...]

Question: My friend is disabled and has $50K coming to her from the sale of deceased intestate mother’s house and maybe $75K more when she is evicted by her mother’s heirs from her [...]