This low shelter allowance is also a false economy for the state.
The portion of the welfare grant known as the shelter allowance would not change.
A mother with three children receives a $312 monthly shelter allowance.
Many welfare families do manage to survive on the shelter allowance.
The legislation would set into law rates that the state considered adequate for shelter allowance.
But the shelter allowance for welfare tenants did not change.
Most pay rents equal to their shelter allowances, usually $215 to $240 a month.
"If we had more money we certainly would want it to go to the shelter allowance."
The shelter allowance for a family of four on public assistance is $312 a month.
The basic grant, which does not include shelter allowances or food stamps, is now $253 for a family of three.