Earlier this month, Housing Authority Director Eric Johnson Oakland told a local newspaper that he expects more than 100,000 candidates. "We know that our families have been affected. We know there is a need greater good, "he said. Indeed afternoon, the Oakland Housing Authority site was offline this short, perhaps because of heavy traffic.
In Oakland, 11,000 families have received grants and Section 8 included about 10,000 more on the waiting list this week.
Since the effects of the recession to send more people looking for support to choose the apartment to investigate an office Surge to some common questions about Section 8 program. Here's what we learned.
How Article 8?
This is a subsidy system, the housing market helps people with low disposable income in the private sector. see people, 8 § good for the housing of their choice as the landlord agrees to participate in the program to obtain § 8. A local housing authority pays a portion of the market rent on Section 8 tenant in the name, and the tenant is responsible for paying the rest. Most tenants pay § 8, approximately 30 per cent of market rent.
Although individual rent subsidies treated locally by organizations like the Oakland Housing Authority for the § 8 program is overseen and funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Is this in § 8 of the law or code?
No, the part of the current U.S. Code, Section consists of 8 tracks is 42, Chapter 8, Section 1437f. The program was created families § 8 of the Law on Housing and Community Development, 1974, the income target to reduce the low proportion of income spent on rent.
Who is entitled to § 8 Help?
§ size 8 eligibility is determined by several factors, including gross annual income and family. § 8 recipients of income can not exceed 50 percent of median income in their area, and priority is for applicants whose income does not exceed 30 percent of local median income given. Section 8 is further limited to U.S. citizens, permanent residents and meet the approved immigrants who meet certain criteria.
, § 8, criticisms?
Yes. Critics often conservatives have argued that § 8 and other subsidized housing programs are forms of welfare. They argue that these subsidies are too expensive, are vulnerable to fraud, a cycle of dependency on state support to counteract the natural functioning of free markets and do nothing to alleviate poverty. Others criticize the program for the abundance of paperwork and bureaucracy that is difficult to navigate for many people.
§ 8 can really help people?
In some cases, it seems, however, Sun Staten Iceland-based housing organization hosting project tells the story of "F.", struggling with depression and became homeless support section to receive 8 "I'm in my own home ... a place where I can call home, "wrote F.. "I'm just starting school, and best of all, I feel I am a human being functioning again."
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