NPR – Sequester Uncertainty Surrounds Section 8 Housing Program

Housing authorities nationwide are feeling the effects of sequestration and face serious cuts to the housing programs they administer. By Kara Bradeisky. Reposted from NPR, April 8, 2013. “‘The severity of the shortfall in voucher renewal funding caused by sequestration is unprecedented in the history of the program,’ Rice wrote in the report. ‘Facing such large shortfalls, agencies will be forced to take steps to reduce program costs quickly, even as they spend down reserves’… Link to Full NPR Article  View PDF of Full NPR Article

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