I know here in Arkansas they look at my overall income/expenses. I am on SSDI and Medicaid. They look at all my income and take into account how much I spend on utilities, medical expenses and that includes medicine, if I had a car payment I think they figure that in too. I can't remember how much your rent can be percentage wise of your income. I know my income every month is 765.00 and I pay 126.00 for rent. Every year I have to reapply for my section 8. But it isn't anything big you just have paperwork and they come inspect my apartment to make sure it is clean and still up to code.

Jan