Housing Voucher Program Research Paper
Housing ‘The People in Need’ “Almost 29% of the families in the United States are considered low income, while the other 71% have a high enough income to survive.”(Fry) There are many low income families in this country; the United States has built a multitude of programs to help the people in need. The Housing Voucher Program is an organization that helps families and folks with disabilities that are struggling to have a cozy place to live in. Congress has been planning on cutting the funding for the Housing Voucher Program, because the country cannot afford it. They also blame the lower classes that they are not making enough money to support themselves. It is not the poors fault that they are living off of minimum wage. Affordable housing in the United States describes sheltering with sufficient housing costs for those living on an average, median income. However, affordable housing does not include people living in social housing owned by the government. Specifically, the target range for
…show more content…
The House approved a bill trying to make clear of the consequences that funding housing were causing. On the contrary, the Senate approved a bill that almost increased the amount of renewals by $496 million. “The bill would also fund new vouchers for some 10,000 homeless veterans and their families, as well as 2,500 vouchers to help families with children at risk of being separated.” With the bill getting some new funding, the Senate would also compel extraordinary measures to cut almost 85,000 families from the program. Unbelievable, all these families would have nowhere to approach. In contrary, we need to continue funding these programs in order to keep assisting millions of people with disabilities, families with kids and veterans. After all, our veterans deserve a warm, cozy place after they have been sleeping in dirt for
The House approved a bill trying to make clear of the consequences that funding housing were causing. On the contrary, the Senate approved a bill that almost increased the amount of renewals by $496 million. “The bill would also fund new vouchers for some 10,000 homeless veterans and their families, as well as 2,500 vouchers to help families with children at risk of being separated.” With the bill getting some new funding, the Senate would also compel extraordinary measures to cut almost 85,000 families from the program. Unbelievable, all these families would have nowhere to approach. In contrary, we need to continue funding these programs in order to keep assisting millions of people with disabilities, families with kids and veterans. After all, our veterans deserve a warm, cozy place after they have been sleeping in dirt for