a.dministration's proposal >> reporter: in a rural pocket of maine, east of augusta, 50- year-old tim keefees in a spartatwo-room trailer without a bathroom or even any running water. a navy veteran, he's single and has two grown daughters. e don't need too much refrigeration this time of year. >> reporter: his only in$2me is about 00 a month in food stamps. >> you're not eating like a king, but you're eating. so, that's the important part. >> reporter: but not too long ago, things were even more fodifficult keefe. he was working at a manufacturing plant when he suffered a wrist injury that required multiple surgeries. he lost his job and then his home. >> in here, this is where i t spst winter. >> reporter: for a time, keefe lived in a sma tent, warmed by an electric heater. adding to the hardship, keefe had no access to food stamps that's because, beginning in 2014, if you were under and you weren't caring for children, maine started enforcing a three- month time limit on food stamps unless you were working 20 hours a week, volunteering or in a job training program. eefe could do none of