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How can the process of section 8 be sped up to help low-income families…

- - - - Renter must find/locate a private landlord willing to except the section 8 renter as tenant
      - PHA oversees contracting process
      - PHA determines that the unit is habitable and reasonably priced in comparison to other unassisted units
      - PHA will sign a Housing and Assistance Payment (HAP) contract with landlord . If payment standard does not cover all rent cost tenants pay the difference, Tenants usually pay 30-40% of their monthly income to cover remaining rental balance
- - - - 50 million low-income Americans, including approximately 15.2 million children
      - Blacks and Hispanics more likely to be low income than white and Asian Americans
      - ‘’one-quarter (26%) of all Blacks and nearly one-quarter (23%) of Hispanics live in households with incomes below 125% of poverty.’’
      - 1 in every 5 children live in low income household
      - Pandemic - ‘’18% of low-income renter households were behind on rent payments , 23% of low-income of low-income households lost employment income in the previous four weeks’
- - - - Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC)
        
        purpose of making more homes and lowering cost
        
        distributes funding
        
        Help and contribute to other programs to provide affordable housing and financial support
    - - -To fight low-income discrimination as landlords will not lease to people of lower income
        Vouchers support individuals with incomes below the federal poverty line or at 30 percent of the median local income to find a home