APRIL 29, 1998
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House Bill Taking $2.2 Billion Prom h u d
Could Force 1 Million into Homelessness
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^<t; programs and is a breach o f
mestic
markets. The number o f very-low
C are transitional housing programs
v elo p m en t S ecretary
the firewalls enacted into law in
income renter households with the
have stable housing to ease their
Andrew Cuomo said to
the Balanced Budget Act.”
most serious housing needs did not
transition into the mainstream. The
day that nearly I million impover
The Administration Statement
drop between 1993 and 1995 despite
1999 budget also asks for 8,800 new
ished Americans - primarily moth
continues: “We should be able to
robust economic growth during that
vouchers targeted to elderly Ameri
ers and their children, senior citi
provide disaster assistance to com
period. Instead, the number with the
cans, plus an additional 10,600 Sec
zens and people with disabilities -
munities here at home and support
“worst case” needs remained at 5.3
tion 8 vouchers.
could be forced into homelessness
for our troops overseas without
million, its all-time high. Households
Rental assistance from H U D ’s
or substandard housing under leg
violating last year’s budget agree
with worst case needs are defined as
Section 8 program enables poor
islation approved by the House
ment or attaching extraneous po
unassisted renter households that pay
people to rent apartments on the
taking $2.2 billion from HUD.
litical provisions.
ONE PLUS
CALL DIRECT
CALLING CARD
more than half of
private
market. People pay about
The House action comes when
We urge you to
"Impoverished mothers and their income for
30 percent o f their income in rent,
FREE DIGITAL, M O TO RO LA PA G E R
HUD is seeking about 100,000 ad
avoid actions that
children, grandmothers and
rent or live in se
and HUD pays the rest.
ditional rental assistance vouchers
w ill re s u lt in
E»<-ry other Q n ti’liu C«ll iron, ham«, Trn Miaul,-. or la-.. will ro.t
verely substandard
Here's how Section 8 Housing
under the Section 8 program in its
gridlock and that grandfathers, and people with
/TGia/»« Minute. All other call. will coat 10 ('mt/, o Minute.
housing.”
Assistance could he threatened in
proposed 1999 budget. Congress
disabilities should not be
will be detrimen-
The President’s
Oregon And Washington: These
has approved virtually no new
tai to our troops thrown out their apartments....
2 4 H o u r s a D a y , 7 Days a W eek
proposed
budget
are
the number o f apartments and
vouchers since 1994.
ab ro ad and our
seeks
$585
million
A n y w h e r e in th e U S A !
forced to live
on the streets..."
the approximate number o f people
“A rescission o f this magnitude
citizens at home in
___
in
new
funds
for
who could lose housing in Oregon
could tear apart the social safety
a time o f need. The President’s
103,400 new Section 8 vouchers
and Washington under a House
net for some ot the most vulner
A s k m e liow ?
senior advisors would recommend
next year. A total o f 50,000 o f the
bill taking $2.2 billion o f reserves
able Am ericans,” Cuomo said of
the President veto this legislation
vouchers would be provided through
from the Department o f Housing
the House legislation. “ Impover
if it contains such offsets.”
a
new welfare-to-work initiative to
and Urban Development. The re
ished mothers and children, grand
HUD’s Section 8 program pro
provide stable housing to families
serves have already been desig
m others and grandfathers, and
vides rental assistance for about
Call 1-800-583-4238 for detail.
struggling to move off the welfare
nated by the Clinton Administra
people with disabilities should not
6.4 million poor people around the
rolls and join the workforce. A sec
tion fo r use in 1999fo r the Section
be thrown out of their apartments.
nation in 2.8 million apartments.
“A SA V IN G S YOU C A N SE E !
ond
initiative would provide 34,000
8 rental assistance program.
SL K N tM C U T U I «
They should not be forced to live
Cuomo said the House bill could
new Section 8 rental assistance
In OREGON:
on the streets, to plead for space in
take Section 8 housing assistance
vouchers for homeless people mov
Number o f apartments - 4,952
overflowing homeless shelters, or
away from as many as 969,000
ing
from shelter care into permanent
Number o f people -12,462
to live doubled and tripled-up in
poor people living in about 420,000
homes. This aid would help ensure
In WASHINGTON:
overcrowded, substandard apart
apartments. About 45 percent o f
that homeless people who have ben
m ents.”
Number o f apartments - 6,804
people losing assistance under the
efited from HUD’s Continuum of
Number o f people - 16,082
The House o f Representatives
House bill are parents (primarily
bill would take $2.2 billion from
mothers) and children, about 37
HUD reserves, which have already
percent are elderly and about 12
been designated by the Clinton Ad
percent are people with disabili
ministration for use in 1999 for the
ties. About 40 percent o f the non-
Section 8 rental assistance pro
elderly and non-disabled house
gram. More than 75% percent o f
holds targeted under the House
funds taken under the bill to offset
measure have wage-earners work
other spending comes from hous
ing in low-paying jobs. About 75
ing assistance. The measure won
percent o f the households that
narrow passage in the House on a
would lose assistance are headed
212-208 vote on March 31.
by women. Section 8 households
Legislation passed by the Sen
have a median income o f about
GREAT HOUSE, GREAT PRICE &
ate to pay for the same programs
$7,500.
funded in the House bill does not
“To respond to a severe short
GREAT LOCATION
require budget cuts by HUD or
age o f affordable housing, Presi
any other agencies to offset the
dent Clinton has asked Congress
Three bedroom, two baths, vaulted ceilings in
emergency spending. The differ
to increase the number o f Section
living/dining and master bedroom. Large
ing bills will go to a House-Senate
8 vouchers by about 100,000 next
C o lu m b ia G o r g e
$ 2 2 9 ,9 0 0
Conference Committee to enable
vaulted entry with hardwood & alcoves. Bayed
year,” Cuomo said. “To instead
lawmakers to seek agreement on a
SKAMANIA! CHALET WITH 11 + ACRES
cut the number o f vouchers by
window in living room. On culde-sac, brick
single version.
420,000 would create an even more
Columbia
Gorge
property
with
6
acres,
fenced
and
12
x
16
horse
accent, real wood trim, fenced & wood deck &
The Clinton Adm inistration has
severe shortage.”
bam.
House
has
3
bedrooms,
2
baths,
with
2,000
SF
deck
off
stated in a Statement o f Adm inis
A HUD report to Congress last
large private side yard. Built 1990. $159.900.
tration Policy on the House bill:
master suite. Only 20 miles to 1-205 access.
month on the nationwide shortage
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“ The C om m ittee bill finances
ofaffordable housing said: “Hous
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with reductions in important do
structural problem in U.S. housing
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TH E S K Y IS TH E L IM IT IN C U STO M E R
Landlord
Charged
With Fraud
The government has filed civil
fraud charges against the landlord
o f apartment projects in 26 states,
accusing him o f making $7.5 mil
lion in kickbacks, Housing Secre
tary Andrew Cuomo said W ednes
day.
The suit alleges that Bruce Rozet
and associates pocketed millions
o f dollars in the kickback and in
surance scam, Cuomo said.
HUD wants the repayment o f
what it claims were $7.5 million in
kickbacks made between 1990 and
1997, plus damages and penalties
that could reach $20 million, the
agency said. It also is seeking un
specified additional amounts in the
insurance case.
Rozet, in a telephone interview,
denied the allegations.
“T here’s n otashredofevidence
to support any o f the charges they
have made,” he said. “We are do
ing
an exemplary job in over
seeing the housing projects that
we are involved with. We have not
been involved in any kickback
schemes whatsoever and they have
no ev id en c e to su p p o rt such
charges."
The kickback charges involve
90 low- and m oderate-incom e
apartment projects in 26 states,
W ashington, D .C., and Puerto
Rico, the department said.
Last year, Rozet was charged with
siphoning off$5 million from subsi
dized housing units at 17 complexes
in California and Nevada.
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