Hand Made Shumrah is a CHUMRAH, The Machine Shamurah is more than fine, Almost No Posek is going to say you cant use it. And there is also no reason to eat Hand Shmurah the entire Peseach, you only need eat it for the Sedar. You can eat regular Streits Matza for the rest of the Holidays.
There is no reason for someone who can barely survive on Food Stamps and handouts to be spends $1000 or more on Matza (I know people who spend this kind of money on Matza and usually its someone else paying for it)