Caldwell v. Department of Social Welfare

Appellant is a single unemployed person with no dependents, sharing an unfurnished rented house with five other persons. She receives general assistance under 33 V.S.A. § 2501 et seq. Her statutory “proven need” is not questioned. The monthly house rental is $350.00. The Human Services Board gave appellant an allowance of $17.50 per month toward that rental, one-sixth of the $105.00 per month maximum rental established by regulation for the area in question. Claiming entitlement to one-sixth of the actual rental (approximately $58.00) so long as that share does not exceed the maximum under…