Picked up the
Citypaper this morning and read a story that confirmed my blog post from yesterday concerning federal budget cuts for housing.
The spending reductions create only modest
savings in the federal budget, but are acutely painful for cash-strapped cities
struggling to cope with decades of disinvestment, decline and now economic
crisis. Since 2010, congressional Republicans have made deficit reduction the
centerpiece of their agenda, focusing their cuts on programs that assist poor
and working-class citizens. As a result, Philly's federal housing funding is
down 33 percent from just two years ago.
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It will motivate people to strive for more, and people can have more pride. To many handouts and people take it and dont bother to work hard and strive for a better life. Put a time limit on section 8 !!!
ReplyDeleteThere is a limit on Section 8 vouchers, hence the very long waiting list.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you consider a handout?
When your collecting section 8, ssi, food stamps etc, for more then two years there is a promblem.....
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