{"id":2273294,"date":"2024-06-21T08:20:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disabled-vet-pay-excluded-from-state-aid-limits\/"},"modified":"2024-06-21T08:28:56","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T12:28:56","slug":"disabled-vet-pay-excluded-from-state-aid-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disabled-vet-pay-excluded-from-state-aid-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"State aid limits exclude disabled veteran pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisabled-vet-pay-excluded-from-state-aid-limits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2273294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Pennsylvania has enacted a law that exempts disability payments \u2062received by disabled veterans from being\u200c counted as income when determining eligibility for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-biden-administration-gave-money-to-hamas-linked-groups\/\" title=\"Biden administration funded Hamas-linked groups in Israel conflict.\">state aid programs<\/a>. Governor Josh Shapiro signed the bill which affects several\u2063 assistance initiatives, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/landry-scores-walk-off-primary-rout-to-take-louisiana-governor-election\/\" title=\"Landry secures landslide victory in Louisiana governor election.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazon-wants-15-federal-minimum-wage-reports-small-businesses-would-be-hardest-hit\/\" title=\"Amazon Wants  Federal Minimum Wage; Reports: Small Businesses Would Be Hardest Hit\">property tax<\/a> exemptions<\/a>, the Education Gratuity\u2063 Program, Veterans Temporary Assistance, and the Military Relief Assistance Program. The legislation, spearheaded by Senator\u200c Doug Mastriano, aims to ensure that disabled veterans can access necessary state services without \u2063their disability benefits \u200daffecting their eligibility. This change is significant given that out of \u2062the approximately \u2064638,000 veterans residing in Pennsylvania,\u200d over 30% are disabled.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Disabled veterans in Pennsylvania no longer have to claim their monthly benefits as income when applying for state aid programs.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill Monday excluding disability payments from eligibility calculations used for property tax exemptions, the Education Gratuity Program, Veterans Temporary Assistance Program and the Military Relief Assistance Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/cfdocs\/billInfo\/billInfo.cfm?sYear=2023&#038;sInd=0&#038;body=S&#038;type=B&#038;bn=0126\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>This bill<\/strong><\/a> would ensure more disabled veterans can access important programs and services,\u201d said prime sponsor Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Chambersburg. \u201cOur disabled veterans made significant sacrifices for our country and this bill would make sure their disability payments do not disqualify them from other state benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 638,000 veterans live in Pennsylvania, of which 30.5% are disabled, according to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/usafacts.org\/topics\/veterans\/state\/pennsylvania\/#49d51add-7289-49f0-b463-a50b176d56fd\">U.S. Census data<\/a><\/strong>. Three-quarters of veterans are over the age of 55 and 6.1% live below the poverty line. <\/p>\n<p>During a veterans assistance event in November, Mastriano said although the General Assembly is at odds on most issues, supporting former servicemembers is not divisive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re taking small steps here to improve life for each of you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>On June 7, the upper chamber <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/pennsylvania\/article_bb87007e-24f6-11ef-ad32-5feefb82cefa.html\">passed legislation<\/a><\/strong> that would exempt federal aid and attendance payments from calculations for tax relief. In Pennsylvania, veterans with a 100% disability rating that also fall within the income eligibility guidelines don\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-owed-d-c-thousands-in-unpaid-property-taxes-records-show\/\" title=\"House Dems Owed D.C. Thousands in Unpaid Property Taxes, Records Show\">pay property taxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Most states grant property tax breaks for veterans. Pennsylvania is <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/money\/taxes\/info-2023\/veterans-with-disabilities-state-property-tax-breaks.html\">one of 22 states<\/a><\/strong> and the District of Columbia to do so for 100% disabled veterans (as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs). Another 16 states give property tax breaks to veterans who are less than 100% disabled, and eight others give property tax breaks without a disability requirement.<\/p>\n<p>Though most states offer disabled veterans property tax reductions, the issue is a live one in Pennsylvania because the commonwealth has the ninth-highest property taxes in the nation, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.state.pa.us\/cfdocs\/billInfo\/billInfo.cfm?sYear=2023&#038;sInd=0&#038;body=S&#038;type=B&#038;bn=0844\">according to<\/a><\/strong> the Tax Foundation. <\/p>\n<p>When changes to the property tax do come, it\u2019s usually in the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-desantis-draws-large-crowd-in-blue-county-in-first-post-hurricane-ian-campaign-stop\/\" title=\"Gov. DeSantis Draws Large Crowd In Blue County in First Post-Hurricane Ian Campaign Stop\">targeted tax relief<\/a>, rather than a general decrease. Shapiro brokered a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/pennsylvania\/article_5cf86f66-2bbe-11ee-a0a2-eb3ba703c797.html\">$134 million expansion<\/a><\/strong> of the property tax and rent rebate program in 2023. Before the passage, the program benefited about 430,000 residents.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania disabled veterans can now exclude their monthly benefits from income calculations for state aid, thanks to a new bill signed by Gov. Josh Shapiro. This exclusion applies to property tax exemptions and programs like the Education Gratuity Program, Veterans Temporary Assistance, and Military Relief Assistance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24107715647301-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2273294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24107715647301-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2273294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2273294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2273295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2273294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2273294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2273294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}