boutons_deux
07-15-2013, 02:51 PM
In screwed news...
The Republican sequester is kicking people out on to the streets. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 140,000 people won't receive housing assistance because of $2 billion dollars in budget cuts.
In Washington state, low-income residents are being forced to wait longer for section 8 housing vouchers, and people who recently qualified for aid are having their assistance rescinded.
In New York City, Republican austerity will force the Housing Authority to take away rental vouchers from 1,200 people who already depend on them. Massive spending cuts have squeezed the budgets of similar programs all around our country, leading to longer waiting lists, revoked assistance, and reduced vouchers.
All of which leave low-income Americans struggling to keep a roof over their heads. Federal officials have directed authorities to do what they can to avoid taking away housing assistance from those who rely on it, but they say it's only a matter of time before Republican austerity measures will leave people out on the streets.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/17580-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-the-republican-sequester-will-kick-140000-people-out-of-their-homes
The Republican sequester is kicking people out on to the streets. According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 140,000 people won't receive housing assistance because of $2 billion dollars in budget cuts.
In Washington state, low-income residents are being forced to wait longer for section 8 housing vouchers, and people who recently qualified for aid are having their assistance rescinded.
In New York City, Republican austerity will force the Housing Authority to take away rental vouchers from 1,200 people who already depend on them. Massive spending cuts have squeezed the budgets of similar programs all around our country, leading to longer waiting lists, revoked assistance, and reduced vouchers.
All of which leave low-income Americans struggling to keep a roof over their heads. Federal officials have directed authorities to do what they can to avoid taking away housing assistance from those who rely on it, but they say it's only a matter of time before Republican austerity measures will leave people out on the streets.
http://truth-out.org/news/item/17580-on-the-news-with-thom-hartmann-the-republican-sequester-will-kick-140000-people-out-of-their-homes