Housing Choice Voucher Mobility
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To House Subcommittee Supporting Housing Mobility Demonstration in the President’s 2017 Budget (PRRAC et al, April 2016)
To Senate Subcommittee Supporting Housing Mobility Demonstration in the President’s 2017 Budget (April 2016)
The Section 8 Voucher Trap (New Republic)
By E. Tammy Kim, New Republic Yonkers, just north of New York City, can be a noisy place. Kendra Rose grew up here—on Ashburton Avenue, which divides the city’s hard-up south from its middle-class north, and then on Beech. Those who know the area know to avoid roads like Beech, Elm, Poplar, Willow and Linden, the notorious “tree streets.” … [Read more...] about The Section 8 Voucher Trap (New Republic)
Tickets Out of Poverty? (American Prospect Februrary 2016)
By Jake Blumgart, American Prospect February 8, 2016 Housing voucher recipients can move to better neighborhoods only if states and localities break down suburban barriers. For Lorraine Washington, a housing choice voucher, colloquially known as Section 8, represents escape and opportunity. Before her recent move enabled by the subsidy, she lived in the Blumberg … [Read more...] about Tickets Out of Poverty? (American Prospect Februrary 2016)
