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Sen. Wyden calls on HUD to prevent Section 8 terminations, homelessness

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Sen. Wyden calls on HUD to prevent Section 8 terminations, homelessness
by Street Roots | 17 Jun 2009

Sen. Ron Wyden has written a letter to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, calling for assistance for the families in Northwest Oregon who are being dropped from rental assistance at the end of the month.

At the end of May, 285 Section 8 recipients in Clatsop, Columbia and Tillamook counties received letters from the Northwest Oregon Housing Authority, or NOHA, informing them that they will be cut from the program by July 1. NOHA said it did not receive the needed funding to be able to keep them enrolled, and that it had surpassed its HUD-approved limit of 1,077 vouchers and had to trim back.

Wyden's letter:

 

Advocates across the state are organizing around this event and calling critical attention to the actions of HUD, its funding formula, and local authorities. Their campaign is reaching lawmakers in Salem and Washington D.C. We'll keep you posted.

For more on this issue, pick up the current edition of Street Roots, or check out "The Letter."   To add your voice to Wyden's in calling for a solution, visit our Act Now.

Posted By Joanne Zuhl

Tags: 
affordable housing, HUD, Northwest Oregon Housing Authority, Ron Wyden, Section 8, Shaun Donovan, vendors
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