I feel like my boyfriends mom is purposely making things difficult for him! Help

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My boyfriend Brad and I are both 20, turning 21 in November. We have been dating for close to a year and a half and we both graduated in 2006. When we first started dating last January I was starting my 2nd spring semester in college and he was working day shift at a really well paying factory job and he planned on starting school that following fall for ASE Certified Tech(mechanic). Well, a total ACL replacement on his knee, 2 rounds of therapy, getting fired from the good paying job because of the surgery, 3 crappy jobs and a POS vehicle that pretty much rapes him when it comes to gas/gas mileage later, he is still not in school, has another crappy temp job that pays a little better and he is soo frustrated (so am I). His mom is a nice lady, at times, but whenever it comes to BJ, she wont cut him a break! He makes a little over $500 every two weeks and she pretty much expects him to give her $100 every week but this is "just for his bills". He pays his insurance (60), prescriptions (35, cell (50), his life insurance (40) and his medical bill (35). Im sorry, she wants $400 a month and his bills only come to around $220? And no, she does not charge him rent, or so she says. On top of all that, she expects him to be a taxi for his little brother in highschool, does not give him gas money but she says she will take it off of what he owes. Just this past week he finally got $150 left over and wanted to save it, but running his brother back and forth drained his gas tank ( he has a 38 gal. conversion van that was "given to him", but when talk about wanting to sell it for something with better gas mileage, his mom says" WELL that my van and it's in my name) so he went to check the balance and it was only $75, and his mom said "Oh, I had to write a check for your brothers pay-to-play for track". That's his money! And she still has the nerve to tell him he has to pay $100 this week for his phone.BJ is soo desperatly trying to get a better job and he just recently finished an internship test that he now has to wait and get processed through the state. All he wants to do is get a better job and an education like Im doing so him and I can have a comfortable life together when we decide to get married, but his mom is making it very, very hard for him financially and mentally. Does anyone have any advice?