Chang Tsu-ping, co-president of the Chinese Senior Association of Houston, has lived in the US for many years, and has always earned his own living. He speaks candidly as he describes how many seniors, when applying for SSI, transfer their assets into the names of their children so they can appear penniless and meet low and middle income criteria.
來此多年，始終自食其力的休士頓老協共同會長張子平不諱言，為了申請 SSI；一些老人家必須先把名下的財產轉給子女，以求符合中低收入戶的認定資格。