And now I will have to pay income tax on my housing allowance.
The whole package is $45,000 a year, including the housing allowance.
Each month he was given a $218 housing allowance and $136 for living expenses.
Changes to the local housing allowance were announced in the June 2010 budget.
They don't have to pay income taxes on a housing allowance.
A family of four on welfare now receives a $312-a-month housing allowance.
Under the deal being negotiated, she would also receive her housing allowance of $1,420 a month through 1998.
They said that the housing allowance and the length of the paid leave were unusual.
That has included a housing allowance, meal three times a day, and tuition.
He also has a housing allowance, rather than an official residence which was considered "too symbolic".