Central Texas tenants finding few options for affordable housing
A hot housing marking means many property owners aren t accepting Section 8 applicants, leaving some struggling to find a place to stay. Author: Andrew Moore Updated: 9:08 PM CDT June 9, 2021
TEMPLE, Texas Schenika Burleson is eligible for Section 8 housing assistance, and had a landlord that accepted it for years. But when that landlord sold the property to a new one, she needed a new place to go.
But in the current housing market, it seems like there is nowhere to go.
Burleson said she got a list of previous Section 8 properties in the Temple area, but couldn t find anything available.
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Home Federal Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have awarded a $700,000 Affordable Housing Program (AHP) subsidy to the Greater Killeen Housing Alliance, an affiliate of Killeen Housing Authority, to be used toward a $15 million renovation of a public housing complex.
Built in 1965, High View Place was the first racially integrated, federally funded public housing complex in Killeen, Texas. It will get an extensive renovation funded in part by an Affordable Housing Program subsidy. (Photo: Business Wire)
Built in 1965, High View Place was the first racially integrated, federally funded public housing complex in Killeen, Texas. The development contains 27 buildings with single, duplex and quad-plex structures. A majority of the families residing at High View are older adults and/or disabled.
Volunteers collected dozens of coats and blankets in a first time event in Killeen this week.
Westside Baptist Church coordinated the Monday event, along with New Light Lodge No. 242, which took place at the Moss Rose Community Center near downtown Killeen.
âThis is the first time weâve done it,â said Scott Johnson, one of the coordinators of the event.
Coats and blankets donated first went to the Moss Rose Center, where volunteers will clean and sterilize them before donating them to the homeless. The event was already in motion as of 2 p.m. on Monday, with an estimated 65 to 70 coats already having been donated and dropped off.