If you get free repair work done to your house because of low income and disability how long must you own the home before you sell it

Medicaid has a five year look back perriod.  Any transfer of $200 or more for less than fair market value duing the 60 months before the application (which can only be made when you are in a nursing home) results in a penalty period during which Medicaid will not pay.  The number of days, weeks, years or months is deterrmined by dividing the value of, in this case, your home by the dollar amount which PA Medicaid determines is the daily cost of care for that year.  That figure tends to be low balled, rersulting in a longer penalty perirod.