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This was enlightening, I copy-pasted that person's comment about funding in the 1980s and got three decent hits on the matter, one of which included actual stat
by zo1 11y ago
This was enlightening, I copy-pasted that person's comment about funding in the 1980s and got three decent hits on the matter, one of which included actual stats (32B-6.9B):
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa127.html http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa127.html
#Edit. Reading the article further, it seems the Cato institute dismisses/rebukes most of the points regarding federal housing being the cause of homelessness in the 1980's.
- pcardh0 11y agoImagine that. From the link: Like the shift from 40-year mortgage subsidies to 15- year housing certificates, the shift from the certificates to 5-year vouchers enabled Congress to reduce HUD's budget authorizations. Such reductions have created the mistaken impression that federal housing assistance has been cut. In fact, annual outlays increased from $5.7 billion in 1980 to $13.8 billion in 1988. The number of families being served by HUD housing programs rose from 3.1 million in 1980 to 4.2 million in 1988. Moreover, a housing voucher costs the government only about $4,500 a year, whereas a new unit of public housing costs it $9,000 a year. I guess mistaken impressions are still common on the internet.
- beatpanda 11y agoHave you ever met anybody who's tried to actually use a Section 8 voucher? I'm going to bet you haven't and neither has the author of the linked paper.