New @justiceinaging/@NCLC4consumers report: Thousands of extremely low-income older adults & people with disabilities have likely had their SSI benefits cut off erroneously, bringing many of them to the brink of homelessness. 1/6 bit.ly/rpt-Lexis-SSI-…
Since 2018, the @SocialSecurity Administration (SSA) has used a private database from @LexisNexis called Accurint for Government to determine whether SSI recipients had unreported real estate that could disqualify them from receiving SSI. The problem? 2/6 bit.ly/rpt-Lexis-SSI-…
Many of the LexisNexis reports are riddled with errors, and SSA is using potentially erroneous information to cut people off without conducting any independent investigation. 3/6 bit.ly/rpt-Lexis-SSI-…
“The way the SSA is using the Accurint reports leads to a Kafkaesque nightmare for SSI recipients falsely accused of owning real property,” said Sarah Mancini @NCLC4consumers. "How are you supposed to prove you don't own something?" 4/6 bit.ly/rpt-Lexis-SSI-…
“Cutting off a person’s minimal source of income based on inaccurate, incomplete data, and without further investigation violates due process rights and is deeply unjust,” said Kate Lang @justiceinaging. ⅚ bit.ly/rpt-Lexis-SSI-…
“If @LexisNexis does not improve the accuracy of its data, the @SocialSecurity Administration must stop using it to make determinations regarding someone’s eligibility for benefits.” @justiceinaging @NCLC4consumers 6/6 bit.ly/rpt-Lexis-SSI-…

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