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The Section 8 Housing Voucher Program |
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Slashing Section 8.
The Section 8 program assists 2 million low-income families with children, senior citizens, and people with disabilities by providing vouchers that help cover the cost of obtaining housing on the private market. In a 2001 report by the congressionally mandated Millennial Housing Commission, Section 8 was termed the “linchpin” of federal housing policy. But Section 8, along with the 2 million low-income families and disabled individuals it serves, is at serious risk:
Proposed funding cuts threaten to significantly underfund the
Section 8 program.
Proposed block grant structure would eliminate Section 8
protections for low-income families.
Changes to HUD's policy for funding Section 8 vouchers provides
inadequate funding to support vouchers already in use.
What is the big picture?
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If the President's FY 2005 budget is enacted and sweeping cuts to the Section 8 housing voucher program go through, the result would be “the deepest cut in any low-income program since the early years of the Reagan Administration,” according to Robert Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
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Keywords: Section 8, Housing Vouchers
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http://zfacts.com/p/696.html | 01/18/12 07:28 GMT
Modified: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:51:22 GMT
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