Key legal question
Whether the entire rent or only half should be counted as an eligible expense for supplementary benefits when the claimant lives with her minor child.
Extracted holding
The full rent had to be included, up to the federal maximum, because the claimant was legally obliged to house her minor child without charge.
Extracted reasoning
Although rent is normally apportioned among co-occupants under Art. 16c ELV, that rule has an exception where a person must support and accommodate another person by law. As the daughter was a minor and the claimant had parental responsibility, the child had to be accommodated unentitled to rent contribution.