SSA retires its 1990 SSI rental subsidy ruling
The Social Security Administration rescinded a 1990 ruling on how rent below market value counts for SSI. A 2024 rule already applies the same policy everywhere, so nothing changes for recipients.
Money & Benefits · Program
Supplemental Security Income
Supplemental Security Income is a needs-based federal payment for people who are 65 or older, blind or disabled and who have little income and few resources. It is administered by the Social Security Administration but funded from general revenue rather than payroll taxes, and it does not depend on a work history. The federal benefit rate is a single national figure that rises each January with the cost-of-living adjustment; many states add a supplement, and countable resources are limited to $2,000 for an individual and $3,000 for a couple.
SSI is paid on the first of the month. When the first falls on a weekend or federal holiday the payment arrives on the preceding business day, which is why some months carry two SSI payments and the following month none; a recipient who also receives Social Security gets that benefit on the third.
On this desk the payment schedule tracker carries the SSI dates alongside Social Security's, the COLA tracker carries the federal benefit rate, and the October payment notice explains a two-payment month. The Social Security Administration's SSI pages are linked from each.
Trackers
Social Security payment schedule 2026 and 2027: SSI and retirement pay datesVerified Sep 6 · monthly
Notices and filings
SSR 26-2p: how Social Security judges disability for young adults
A Social Security ruling that applies from October 1, 2026 sets out how SSA documents and evaluates disability for people aged 18 to about 25, from IEPs and school records to job placements, the age-18 SSI review and payments that continue during a program. It replaces SSR 11-2p.
When Social Security pays in October 2026
Six payment dates this month, two of them SSI, and a Saturday that moves the 3rd-of-the-month group to Friday. Every date from the Social Security Administration’s 2026 calendar, plus November for planning.
How the Social Security payment schedule works
Your payment date depends on your birthday, or on when you started benefits. Here is the rule, the exceptions, and what to do when the money is not there.