A new state law increases what SNAP applicants’ vehicles can be worth before they’re disqualified for federal food assistance. But most states don’t take car values into consideration at all.
Mercedes Bristol spent a recent Friday morning in her suburban San Antonio home sending emails, combing hair, answering calls and doing laundry for her grandson.
HB 1287 was a one-time adjustment due to the rise in car prices and food costs from recent and persistent inflation. Still, Texas is one of only 10 states that still has a vehicle asset test to qualify for SNAP. Bristol herself will not qualify — as she now earns more than the income threshold allows — and said many other grandparents won’t either.
Nikki Luna, a mother of three who lives in Troy, did not qualify for SNAP because of the value of her used and paid-off Kia Sorento that was purchased specifically to be able to fit her family comfortably.
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