Beverly Webster, an SSI recipient, manages an apartment complex. In addition to their
salary of $800 per month, Beverly receives the free use of an apartment where Beverly
lives with their two children. The FO contacts the owner of the complex and learns
that the owner:
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furnishes the apartment to Beverly Webster so that Beverly will be available for emergencies,
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would expect Beverly Webster to respond to emergencies during their off-duty hours,
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does not require Beverly Webster to live in the apartment provided, but would not
have hired someone who lived more than 2-3 miles away, and
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rents apartments similar to Beverly Webster's for $500 per month.
Since the shelter was not a condition of employment, the FO charges the current market
value of the shelter as wages. Adding to it Beverly Webster's salary of $800 per month,
the FO charges $1,300 per month earned income. The FO also documents the owner’s statements
and the basis for the wage determination on a Report of Contact and locks it (EVID
could also have been used).