Social Policy

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This paper reviews and discusses the US Government's Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program through which the American government sponsors public housing for disadvantaged social groups. According to the paper, there are two ways in which the government provides assistance. These two ways are projects which are sponsored under public housing so that rents are kept low enough for individuals to be able to rent the houses, or so tenants receive assistance from the government to subsidize the cost of rent that they must pay.

From the Paper:

"While the principle is clear, the maximum number of units that any local housing authority can provide subsidy for is determined by the amount of funding that it gets from Congress. This has led to a situation where Section 8 programs have had to be cancelled out in some areas and new programs started in other areas. In general it is known that Congress has generally renewed subsidy for the families who participate in the program. Another important feature of this program is that when a family is determined to be eligible to receive support for housing, it can move to other areas and still retain its privilege of getting housing support as long as there is a public housing authority in that area. (Section 8 (housing)) It is clear that Section 8 is not specifically applicable to single parent homes and thus one cannot say that it supports single parent homes in specific manner. It is only a form of assistance for families earning incomes below the limit of reasonable income in that area to be able to stay together and pay rent for their housing."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Finance and Urban Affairs; Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development United States; Congress House; Committee on Banking. (1990) "Housing and Community Development Act of 1989: hearings before the Subcommittee on Housing" Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office, U.S. G.P.O.
• Housing and Urban Affairs; Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs United States; Congress, Senate; Committee on Banking. (1987) "Declining Supply of Low and Moderate Income Rental Housing: Hearing before the Subcommittee." Supt. of Docs, Congressional Sales Office, and U.S. G.P.O.
• "Housing Choice Voucher Program" Retrieved fromhttp://www.oakha.org/sec8.html Accessed 18 February, 2006
• "HUD Housing Programs" Retrieved fromhttp://www.okrehab.org/searchfiles/hud-housing-programs.htm Accessed 18 February, 2006
• Ramos, Kevin Monte de. (2004) "Poverty & the Public Utility: Building Shareholder Value through Low Income Initiatives" PennWell Books.

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