USA Today: For poor, housing wait gets longer

[Eugene]

Posted 11/27/2005 11:15 PM

For poor, housing wait gets longer

By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY

Thousands of low-income Americans on waiting lists for scarce federal
housing aid will have to wait longer while communities nationwide give
priority to victims of Hurricane Katrina.

More than 1.5 million families sit on local waiting lists for public
housing or rental vouchers because federal aid has not kept pace with
the demand for affordable housing. Many have been on lists for years;
in some places, the lists are so long that they have been closed to
new applicants.

Hurricane Katrina made hundreds of thousands of additional families
temporarily homeless. The federal government urged housing officials
across the country to give priority to them. The result in many cities
and counties is a competition between residents and evacuees for
federal housing units and rent vouchers.

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Advocates say the solution is more federal aid. "People wait years
for housing assistance," says Sheila Crowley of the National
Low-Income Housing Coalition. "They should not be delayed because
somebody else is getting their money."

Full article: http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-11-27-housing-poor_x.htm

[rpannier]

1. Well they'll just have to suck it up and wait

Afterall...I'm sure that Trent Lott and his social class along the Gulf Coast need emergency federal housing first.
Priorities people.

[Mr.Green93]

2. Meanwhile billions of square feet set used

in McMansions all across the country.

[durablend]

3. There's PLENTY of cardboard boxes available

Maybe they should be looking into that instead of waiting for handouts that are better suited for the rich

:sarcasm:

[Ilsa]

4. Maybe these guys that Morley interviewed on 60 Minutes

will have s few rooms to share, but don't hold your breath. There is probably a voter registration card, indicating they voted in the GOP primary, required:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=5462141&mesg_id=5462141