Section 8
Minneapolis Congressional hearings focus on foreclosure and housing crisis
By Sheila Regan
Congressmember Maxine Waters (D-CA), Chair of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity joined Keith Ellison (D-MN) and Betty McCollum (D-MN) for a congressional hearing examining the foreclosure and affordable housing crisis in the Twin Cities on January 23 at Central Library in Minneapolis.MORE »
Low-income and nowhere to live
As more Minnesotans lose their jobs and confront economic uncertainty, they may turn to Section 8, the federal government’s largest low-income housing assistance program, for help.
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Section 8 Program faces imminent housing crisis
A sign of things to come: an owner of three apartment complexes in Greater Minnesota, notified his low-income and mostly elderly tenants that he will be exiting the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Section 8 rent-subsidy program in one year. His decision stems from HUD’s failure to pay tenant subsidies for several months last summer.MORE »
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