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Tune In! June 1st KPFA Morning Show/Section 8 Housing Voucher Crisis- 8:35 am--9am.
The Recent Federal Cut-backs In Funding Existing Housing Vouchers Already In Use Has Set Off A Housing Crisis from Coast To Coast!
250,000 People May Face Eviction In Fiscal Year 2005 As A Result Of The Bush Administration's Proposals To Underfund The Section 8 Housing Voucher Programs By $1.6 Billion!
Tune in to KPFA's Morning Show on Tuesday June 1, 2004 for a discussion about the pending Section 8 housing voucher crisis taking place across the nation placing hundreds of thousands at risk of becoming homeless!
Guest Speakers include Oakland Housing Activist Lynda Carson, Randy Shaw of the San Francisco Tenderloin Housing Clinic, plus a speaker from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Housing Voucher Programs In Crisis!
Presently, New York City faces a $55 million shortfall to fully fund 118,000 existing housing vouchers already in use!
During May 2004, over 1,600 renters in Alameda CA, were shocked when they received notice that the Public Housing Agency lacked the funds to cover rents for the month of June!
During May 2004, 110 families in Warrenton, Oregon, suddenly lost funding for their housing vouchers and another 60 families may face the same in June!
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, during fiscal year 2005, the Oakland Housing Authority faces a funding shortfall of $17,380,757.
Other cities across the nation face shortfalls to fund housing vouchers already in use for fiscal year 2005! San Francisco $15,257,319-- Berkeley $2,905,462-- Alameda $2,310,687-- Richmond $2,388,667
Tune in for a discussion about the impact of the Bush Administration's proposals that place 250,000 renters at risk of becoming homeless!
KPFA Morning Show On Tuesday June 1, From 8:35 am --9am!
Tune in to KPFA's Morning Show on Tuesday June 1, 2004 for a discussion about the pending Section 8 housing voucher crisis taking place across the nation placing hundreds of thousands at risk of becoming homeless!
Guest Speakers include Oakland Housing Activist Lynda Carson, Randy Shaw of the San Francisco Tenderloin Housing Clinic, plus a speaker from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Housing Voucher Programs In Crisis!
Presently, New York City faces a $55 million shortfall to fully fund 118,000 existing housing vouchers already in use!
During May 2004, over 1,600 renters in Alameda CA, were shocked when they received notice that the Public Housing Agency lacked the funds to cover rents for the month of June!
During May 2004, 110 families in Warrenton, Oregon, suddenly lost funding for their housing vouchers and another 60 families may face the same in June!
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, during fiscal year 2005, the Oakland Housing Authority faces a funding shortfall of $17,380,757.
Other cities across the nation face shortfalls to fund housing vouchers already in use for fiscal year 2005! San Francisco $15,257,319-- Berkeley $2,905,462-- Alameda $2,310,687-- Richmond $2,388,667
Tune in for a discussion about the impact of the Bush Administration's proposals that place 250,000 renters at risk of becoming homeless!
KPFA Morning Show On Tuesday June 1, From 8:35 am --9am!
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On May 20, Secretary Alphonso Jackson testified before the House Financial Services Committee.
In an outrageous statement, Secretary of HUD Alphonso Jackson claimed that, “being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.”
The following excerpt is from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
During the hearing, Democrats questioned the Administration’s commitment to low income housing and poor people, given the proposed HUD budget and the latest Section 8 debacle. Secretary Jackson responded that he believes “being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.” This comment infuriated several members of the Committee, who called his comments insensitive and said that the Secretary clearly did not understand what it meant to be poor. Ms. Lee said, “It’s obvious then, why you’re cutting HOPE VI, Shelter Plus, and all the other homeless programs.” Representative Michael Capuano (D-MA) told Mr. Jackson, “Apparently you don’t know anyone facing eviction or not being able to pay their rent.”
In response to the Democrats’ criticism of his comments, Mr. Jackson attempted to clarify his statement by saying that his father taught him that being poor was a state of mind because there was always “hope” that you can improve your economic conditions. The Secretary asserted that he was “well aware that there is poverty and as Secretary of HUD wanted to work to eradicate poverty.”
The Secretary’s reply did not satisfy the outraged Democrats. Ranking Member Frank, Representative Lee, and, Representative Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), chair of the newly formed Rural Housing Caucus, each issued press statements rebuking the Secretary for his comments.
Mr. Frank said in his press release, “Given the assault HUD has been waging on programs that help people in need, his cavalier assertion that being poor is simply a state of mind could serve as a dictionary illustration of adding insult to injury to poor people in America.” Mr. Hinojosa, whose district includes the colonias, said, “I have never heard more offensive and ludicrous statement in all my years in Congress. I challenge [the Secretary] to experience life in a home with dirt floors, no running water, power, or sewage and then say poverty is a state of mind.” Mr. Hinojosa added, “But through the outrage, the greatest disappointment from today’s hearing is to learn that the Administration has charged such an insensitive individual with the goal of providing decent and safe housing to the 32.9 million Americans who currently live in poverty.”
On May 20, Secretary Alphonso Jackson testified before the House Financial Services Committee.
In an outrageous statement, Secretary of HUD Alphonso Jackson claimed that, “being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.”
The following excerpt is from the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
During the hearing, Democrats questioned the Administration’s commitment to low income housing and poor people, given the proposed HUD budget and the latest Section 8 debacle. Secretary Jackson responded that he believes “being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.” This comment infuriated several members of the Committee, who called his comments insensitive and said that the Secretary clearly did not understand what it meant to be poor. Ms. Lee said, “It’s obvious then, why you’re cutting HOPE VI, Shelter Plus, and all the other homeless programs.” Representative Michael Capuano (D-MA) told Mr. Jackson, “Apparently you don’t know anyone facing eviction or not being able to pay their rent.”
In response to the Democrats’ criticism of his comments, Mr. Jackson attempted to clarify his statement by saying that his father taught him that being poor was a state of mind because there was always “hope” that you can improve your economic conditions. The Secretary asserted that he was “well aware that there is poverty and as Secretary of HUD wanted to work to eradicate poverty.”
The Secretary’s reply did not satisfy the outraged Democrats. Ranking Member Frank, Representative Lee, and, Representative Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), chair of the newly formed Rural Housing Caucus, each issued press statements rebuking the Secretary for his comments.
Mr. Frank said in his press release, “Given the assault HUD has been waging on programs that help people in need, his cavalier assertion that being poor is simply a state of mind could serve as a dictionary illustration of adding insult to injury to poor people in America.” Mr. Hinojosa, whose district includes the colonias, said, “I have never heard more offensive and ludicrous statement in all my years in Congress. I challenge [the Secretary] to experience life in a home with dirt floors, no running water, power, or sewage and then say poverty is a state of mind.” Mr. Hinojosa added, “But through the outrage, the greatest disappointment from today’s hearing is to learn that the Administration has charged such an insensitive individual with the goal of providing decent and safe housing to the 32.9 million Americans who currently live in poverty.”
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