Beck Harlan
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Some families wait years to get a housing voucher only to find out many landlords won t accept them. Beck Harlan
The Biden administration is preparing to release $5 billion in new housing vouchers, approved in the latest COVID relief bill. The goal is to help 70,000 low-income families at risk of homelessness due to the pandemic.
But, even in the best of times, it can be hard to use such vouchers, which allow recipients to pay one-third of their income on rent, with the government covering the rest. Many landlords won t accept them and the vouchers are often hard to come by. Some families have to wait years to get one.