07-24-2016, 09:03 AM
"If" Section 8 families currently living here in Puna, were given the choice to move their families to better or safer neighborhoods...This might leave several homes empty in the Puna district that then could be homes for some of our growing homeless. "
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The rents provided to the landlords is actually above market rate here on the East side, which makes rents more expensive for those not able to get into the program. There is a waiting list; not because of of lack of houses, but for a lack of federal funding to cover all of the applicants.
BTW, section 8 residents can take their voucher to any landlord who accepts it. In other words, nothing is keeping the renter in Puna.
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The rents provided to the landlords is actually above market rate here on the East side, which makes rents more expensive for those not able to get into the program. There is a waiting list; not because of of lack of houses, but for a lack of federal funding to cover all of the applicants.
BTW, section 8 residents can take their voucher to any landlord who accepts it. In other words, nothing is keeping the renter in Puna.