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They could do it easily, the existing section 8 program already has residency restrictions.
by lazyasciiart 3y ago
They could do it easily, the existing section 8 program already has residency restrictions.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoAs far as I can tell, section 8 has residency restrictions at the USA level, not local level. I see no residency requirements in WA for example, and they even encourage you to apply to multiple localities because waiting lists are long.
- lazyasciiart 3y agoEach public housing authority is allowed to set a residency "preference" (not a residency requirement) but you're right, many of them don't seem to implement one. I assume that with the ridiculous limits on applying it has only become an issue in the last decade, at most. (E.g King County last opened their wait list for two weeks in 2020). Some places also implement a quasi-residential requirement by making the wait list open only/preferentially to people referred by a local service provider.