adios section-8

The War on Affordable Housing

thousands of section-8 vouchers here in hawaii have already been cut. i assume it's the same or worse for states on the mainland u.s.

at the least, the program is lowering it's subsidized amount for many vouchers. landlords are beginning to drop the section-8 program because the government is putting too much pressure on the tenants/landlords, decreasing financial assistance to both.

as a current section-8 resident, as well as a past resident manager for a section-8 project, this greatly concerns me. what will the program look like after the bush administration spends four more years in office? will the program even exist four years from now? will we all be homeless?

maybe we should start a commune for x-welfare dwellers. ;)

--jezebel

The War on Affordable Housing

Ideologues in the Bush administration would like to dismantle Section 8, the most successful public-and-private housing partnership in the history of the United States.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/16/opinion/16sat1.html?ex=1098945034&ei=1&en=faaa61513baa7650

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