Alexander v. North Carolina Department of Human Resources

MARTIN, Judge.

Because the hearing officer determined that petitioner’s vehicle was the only impediment to petitioner’s food stamp eligibility, the single issue presented by this appeal is whether, under the Exclusions from Resource Section of the Resource Eligibility Standards Provision of the Food Stamp Act, a vehicle can be excluded from an applicant’s eligibility determination as an “inaccessible resource” if the sale of the vehicle would not provide any significant return to the applicant. Petitioner contends that his vehicle can be excluded from his resource eligibility calculation as an…