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Section 8 remains a lifeline for low-income Bay Area families. Will the GOP gut it?
2025-04-30 08:45:03| Spiritual Career Counseling
Section 8, a federal rental subsidy, is one of the few ways low-income families can live in the Bay Area. But while a Republican-led Congress increased its funding for the next several months, experts say its not enough.Also known as the Housing Choice Voucher Program, Section 8 helps more than 2.3 million low-income households in the U.S. remain housed by paying a portion of their rent. Most of those households receive a voucher that caps the amount they spend on rent usually 30% of their income while the federal government covers the rest.In Bay Area cities like San Francisco, only a small minority of eligible households have managed to get Section 8 help. But thanks to steady increases in funding, that share has actually crept up for now.AdvertisementArticle continues below this adThe stopgap budget that passed the Senate earlier this month funds Section 8 through September, even increasing the amount available for voucher renewals by nearly $3.7 billion, a 13% increase from...
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