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.
That s why Sheena Haskin of Sacramento, felt lucky when she received hers last October. Now, six months later, she s homeless, after her last landlord evicted her and her three sons.
Government Housing Vouchers Are Hard To Get, And Hard To Use
By Pam Fessler
May 11, 2021
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.
Does Multifamily Benefit from the $2T Federal Infrastructure Plan?
Multifamily leaders discuss President Joe Biden’s wide-ranging proposals and their impact on the industry. Apr012021
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A wide-ranging $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan released by President Joe Biden Wednesday that includes $213 billion to address affordable housing issues for low- and middle-income renters and buyers, upgrades the nation’s public housing stock and seeks to remove barriers to development received wide approval from multifamily executives who said housing has historically helped lead the country out of recession.
But some also expressed concern about how to pay for the sweeping proposals that range from $621 billion on improvements for roads, bridges, railways, ports, airports, public transit and the electric grid to $400 billion to expand home care services for the elderly and disabled and increase wages for those who care for them. Among other pr
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President Joe Biden released a $2 trillion infrastructure plan Wednesday that conservatives immediately decried for its intent to raise taxes on businesses and progressives immediately complained was “not enough” to combat climate change. But real estate groups are praising the proposal for its focus on addressing the nation’s dire housing shortage.
The American Jobs Plan proposes a massive overhaul of the systems and facilities that make the country tick, including fixing and upgrading highways, bridges, ports, airports and public transit; eliminating lead pipes in drinking water systems, renewing the electric grid, and providing high-speed broadband to all Americans; building and retrofitting more than two million homes and commercial buildings and upgrading schools, childcare facilities, veterans hospitals and federal buildings; and investing in manufacturing, U.S. supply chains, research and development and job training.
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