Rescission of Social Security Acquiescence Ruling 90-2(2)

SSA rescinded an old Social Security Acquiescence Ruling — the kind of quiet docket change that disability advocates notice before the general public does.

Acquiescence rulings tell SSA adjudicators how to treat certain circuit case law; pulling one rewires how claims shops brief similar facts.

Filing abstract (agency text): The Commissioner of Social Security gives notice of the rescission of AR 90-2(2): Ruppert v. Bowen, 871 F.2d 1172 (2d Cir. 1989)--Evaluation of a Rental Subsidy as In-Kind Income for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Benefit Calculation Purposes--Title XVI of the Social Security Act (Act).

Disability advocates and SSA hearing reps: compare the rescinded ruling cite with current circuit guidance in the official FR text before you update templates.

Federal Register filing: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/31/2026-17746/rescission-of-social-security-acquiescence-ruling-90-22

This is a Notice Nearby publisher-desk Federal brief — a short in-house summary of a public federal filing. It is not official agency minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication. It does not satisfy a statutory notice requirement.