washingtonpost.com;"The government is restoring millions of dollars that were to be cut in the program that helps poor families pay the rent. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is putting back about $156 million after reviewing public housing authorities' appeals of a decision in the spring restraining spending on Section 8 voucher financing. The money will be distributed to 379 of the 398 housing authorities that appealed.
The voucher program helps nearly 2 million families through about 2,500 local agencies. Director of the Council for Large Public Housing Agencies, said that the action resolved months of uncertainty. "Old and disabled people had the scare of their lives wondering if they would be evicted," she said. The $13 billion program was changed when President Bush signed the current budget into law in January. The department said it would reimburse housing authorities for vouchers based on Aug. 1 costs, plus an inflation adjustment. Critics have said the department's reading of the budget is incorrect and the government should update voucher costs every three months to reflect the cost of living."
This is a very important progam for a lot of people, especially the Disabled and Older people. Because without it a lot of people could just make ends meet, I know people who who are on the waiting list now for this progam and the they have been told just alone where I live that, they have to go on a waiting list that only after 2-years, they go on another list. Now this waiting list is where you name stays depending on if you keep up without he paper-work they send you and it don't get lost in the mail saying-when and if you'll get a voucher depending when someone else goes off the progam or they give more.- The sad part about this progam is that their is not enough of these vouchers as they call them, to go around. I'm sure a large part of them end up being ear-marked, for the bigger cites -On the East and West Coast, where as I feel only a small few ever make it in to the rest of the states. Personal I feel they should do a few things different with this progam. What you may ask? Well For starters- I understand more people live in the bigger cities..But what about the rest that live in smaller states also,they also have proverty problems as well as the next person. I think they should give the same amount to each state-regardless if they need more. And if they feel this is not the answer then they should allow more vouchers, but still give the same amount regardless how short that will make the government. Or Do!! Something about the high cost of living, because everytime they give a pay increase! Its a waste because then people just raise the prices on everything and it did no good to do anything. Because then we are just back in the same boat again. Personally I feel if they did something like this it could maybe balance abit more: raising the pay-wages for people by double, if not more, and put a freeze on the cost of living and freeze business- Landlords-Ult.companys-Ect. Any thing that usually get raised when they do a wage thru out the states. And hold it at this for at least 3-5 years to get people more willing to, get back on their feet. I feel this alone would fix our welfare and poverty problems. Then at the end of this time. Give another raise in wages to go with the all the things that will sky rocket, at the end of the freeze and only allow these place to raise to the small point that it don't put people back in the places we all are now. I know you all may think I am crazy, but heck think about it everyone but the rich man would profit from this!!!
The voucher program helps nearly 2 million families through about 2,500 local agencies. Director of the Council for Large Public Housing Agencies, said that the action resolved months of uncertainty. "Old and disabled people had the scare of their lives wondering if they would be evicted," she said. The $13 billion program was changed when President Bush signed the current budget into law in January. The department said it would reimburse housing authorities for vouchers based on Aug. 1 costs, plus an inflation adjustment. Critics have said the department's reading of the budget is incorrect and the government should update voucher costs every three months to reflect the cost of living."
This is a very important progam for a lot of people, especially the Disabled and Older people. Because without it a lot of people could just make ends meet, I know people who who are on the waiting list now for this progam and the they have been told just alone where I live that, they have to go on a waiting list that only after 2-years, they go on another list. Now this waiting list is where you name stays depending on if you keep up without he paper-work they send you and it don't get lost in the mail saying-when and if you'll get a voucher depending when someone else goes off the progam or they give more.- The sad part about this progam is that their is not enough of these vouchers as they call them, to go around. I'm sure a large part of them end up being ear-marked, for the bigger cites -On the East and West Coast, where as I feel only a small few ever make it in to the rest of the states. Personal I feel they should do a few things different with this progam. What you may ask? Well For starters- I understand more people live in the bigger cities..But what about the rest that live in smaller states also,they also have proverty problems as well as the next person. I think they should give the same amount to each state-regardless if they need more. And if they feel this is not the answer then they should allow more vouchers, but still give the same amount regardless how short that will make the government. Or Do!! Something about the high cost of living, because everytime they give a pay increase! Its a waste because then people just raise the prices on everything and it did no good to do anything. Because then we are just back in the same boat again. Personally I feel if they did something like this it could maybe balance abit more: raising the pay-wages for people by double, if not more, and put a freeze on the cost of living and freeze business- Landlords-Ult.companys-Ect. Any thing that usually get raised when they do a wage thru out the states. And hold it at this for at least 3-5 years to get people more willing to, get back on their feet. I feel this alone would fix our welfare and poverty problems. Then at the end of this time. Give another raise in wages to go with the all the things that will sky rocket, at the end of the freeze and only allow these place to raise to the small point that it don't put people back in the places we all are now. I know you all may think I am crazy, but heck think about it everyone but the rich man would profit from this!!!
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