THE SECTION 8 HOUSING
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM:
PROMOTING DECENT AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR FAMILIES AND
INDIVIDUALS WHO RENT
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HEARINGS
BEFORE THE
SUBCOMMITTEE ON
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY
OF THE
COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES
U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
The Section 8 housing assistance program was authorized
under Section 8 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. It is a major
vehicle providing rental assistance to low-income families and
individuals commonly referred to as the Section 8 voucher
program. It is the largest program in the Federal government
that subsidizes the housing costs of low-income households. It
is administered Federally by HUD, but is managed locally by the
public housing authorities, also known as PHAs.
Section 8 supports over four
million apartments. Roughly one in seven renters nationwide
benefit from some form of Section 8 assistance.
rents
rose by 25 percent. Over the same period of time, the consumer
price index increased by 12 percent. Even at inflation-adjusted
levels as suggested by the administration
Most lenders don't want families to spend more than 28 percent of
their income on their mortgage. 28 percent--for people who can afford
to own their home. Yet, incredibly, this bill proposes no cap at all
for people who can barely afford to make ends meet.
A fundamental goal of public housing is that it gives residents an
opportunity to live in safety and dignity--and ease their financial
burdens.
If we ask those very people to pay 32, 35, 40 percent of their income
just to meet their housing expenses
The gentleman Barack Obamam from Illinois lives in a city where State Street
exists, a public housing development 4.5 straight miles of 19-story
buildings, 99 percent unemployment
We are talking about transforming people, not warehousing people. The
Brooke amendment has had the effect of warehousing people. It has led
to a disastrous mix in terms of income.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is perhaps the one
segment of the Federal Government that needs reform the most. Most of
the current housing policy is based on the U.S. Housing Act of 1937,
reflecting the needs
seniors and disabled are already forced to make many
choices between the bare necessities of life that Members of Congress
do not face. The Brooke amendment has allowed these people to live in
decent, affordable housing and still provide for their food, clothing,
and medicine. Simply put, increasing rents for our Nation's most
vulnerable will not achieve the goal of ``empowering'' our citizens.
Rather, it could force many of these people deeper into poverty.
Section 214 of the Housing and Community Development Act of
1980 (42 U.S.C. 1436a) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ``and includes any other assistance
provided under the United States Housing Act of 1937'';
(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(h) Verification of Eligibility.--
``(1) In general.--Except in the case of an election under
paragraph (2)(A), no individual
Guy Perea Presidential Elector President of The United States
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