<prompt> Human: I attend university in the states. I have a scholarship from the school that covers roughly 90 of all costs, then I also get the pell grant due to family income. Currently I am living in a house my parents own and rent out to students. They make some profit on it, and I am essentially living free since the house I live in gathers more per month from rent than the monthly payments on it are. This year I got nearly 5000 more from all the aid so my costs are covered at the school and the extra money would be given to me via check. However my mother is saying that the extra money will not be going to me since she is the one working and securing my pell grant, which if you didnt have the pell grant then I would be paying the rest of your schooling, so she justifies it as hers. I for one dont think this is fair, but I am unsure if I should fight her on it since last year her excuse was I have to house you and feed you and I fear that she will throw me out of the house that I am living in for freeforce me to pay rent that once again loses her nothing by me living here.  <response>: This is more of a rrelationships issue. Legally, its your money, but shes not legally required to house and feed you, so you stand to lose a lot more than 5k if you challenege her. 