Abstract
This paper discusses extreme hardship as an economic eligibility requirement to the welfare aid set forth in Article 20, paragraph 3, of Law nº 8.742/1993. The analysis is based on criteria that go beyond the measurement of monthly per capita household income and adopts a deductive approach to scrutinize the literature, legislation and case law on the subject. The paper maps out the development of the relevant cases and provides insight into the precedents laid down by the Federal Supreme Court. The problems posed by the subsidiary nature of the benefit are also taken into account. All in all, monthly per capita household income not being an accurate indicator of extreme hardship, the means test should be adopted.
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