The value of a household’s vehicles disqualified nearly 55,000 people seeking federal food assistance in 2022. House Bill 1287 increases the threshold of car values that lead to SNAP applicants being denied aid.
Volunteers from neighboring small towns divide, box-up, and load their trucks with food from the Amarillo-based High Plains Food Bank for monthly delivery to Quitaque in June 2019., The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Current Texas limits cap the maximum value of a vehicle at $15,000 for the first vehicle and $4,650 for any additional vehicles. The limits have not been updated since 2001 for the primary car and not since 1974 for additional cars. Advocates say current limits are forcing families to choose between a reliable vehicle and feeding their families.would make a one-time inflationary update to the maximum value of a vehicle a household can own before they’re disqualified from receiving food stamps.
Because SNAP is a federal program, the state will not incur additional costs with the implementation of the bill.
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