Section 416.1142 - If you live in a public assistance household(a)Definition. A public assistance household is one in which every member receives some kind of public income-maintenance payments. These are payments made under-(1) Title IV-A of the Social Security Act (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families);(2) Title XVI of the Social Security Act (SSI, including federally administered State supplements and State administered mandatory supplements);(3) The Refugee Act of 1980 (Those payments based on need);(4) The Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act;(5) General assistance programs of the Bureau of Indian Affairs;(6) State or local government assistance programs based on need (tax credits or refunds are not assistance based on need); and(7) U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs programs (those payments based on need).(b)How the presumed value rule applies. If you live in a public assistance household, we consider that you are not receiving in-kind support and maintenance from members of the household. In this situation, we use the presumed value rule only if you receive food or shelter from someone outside the household.45 FR 65547, Oct. 3, 1980, as amended at 57 FR 53850, Nov. 13, 1992; 70 FR 6345, Feb. 7, 2005; 70 FR 41137, July 18, 2005