Cuts to Housing Benefits for Elderly Criticized

Thursday, November 20, 2008
SignOnSanDiego.com

Advocates for elderly and disabled people denounced recent state cuts
to housing benefits yesterday at a news conference outside the state
building.

The state budget crisis should not be shouldered by “its most
vulnerable citizens,” said Ann E. Menasche, an attorney for the San
Diego office of Disability Rights California.

Speakers at the event, part of a statewide effort to bring
attention to the issue, attacked Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for using a
line-item veto to kill tax rebates for low-income and disabled
Californians.

The Senior Citizens Property Tax Program – also known as the
“renters'rebate” – allows qualifying people to recoup some of their
rent.

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