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WILKES-BARRE — The city housing authority likely will open a waiting list for Section 8 housing vouchers and have online applications available before the next board meeting.

Some of the High Country’s most vulnerable residents are facing major hurdles when it comes to finding affordable housing. The Housing Choice Voucher, also known as Section 8, is a federal program that provides housing assistance to low-income families, the elderly, and those with disabilities.

While a lot of renters are struggling, few are hurting more than those dependent on Section 8 government housing assistance.

Landlords around Illinois have expressed concerns about a bill they claim gives more...

That we need investigators if that door was a cself-closing door y did it malfunction? we need to strengthen our fire safety code and also we need to improve our process of not only investigating violations of the housing maintenance code but also curing any violations. we shouldnt wait for a tragedy to happen for us to take action. >> the fire were told was started by a space heater malfunctioning. people use space heaters if their apartments are not warm enough. this was section 8 housing, pub...

Bill de blasio, a longtime critic of president trump is now asking him for help to combat homelessness. speaking sunday on the fox said previous presidents failed to do enough to help the homeless but specifically singles out the trump administration citing obligations to the city. called to provide more assistance under a subsidy program that is often referred to as section 8. >> federal government needs to help us with section 8 vouchers for decades this was a bipartisan consensus. the federal...

Yesterday in an exclusive interview. and guess who he blames? president trump. >> the problem ultimately is, donald trump has not shown any willingness to give us the tools that we need to most especially, section 8 vouchers, which allow people to relive and rental housing which is the single strongest piece we need from washington that we are not getting. >> julie: sold de blasio blames the president. is this a state-by-state issue or the federal governments responsible to you to clean up the m...

This morning. you look at this homelessness crisis that we just saw a reported on and there is blame being thrown around. you live in new york city. >> i have watch the budget of new york city jump by 26% since bill de blasio took office. he doesnt have a homeless office, he has a spending problem. he has under constant criticism for his wifes big initiative, cant seem to explain where the money went or if there is any positives from the program whatsoever. its been crisis after crisis for him o...

This is confusing to everyone. >> it is confusing. i think if i was going to really read into it, i would say she was uncomfortable as everybody else. anybody watching that was very uncomfortable even if you were in the audience watching live on television as i was. it was shocking. it was astonishing. and again, just very uncomfortable. and that was her reaction seeing something very, very uncomfortable. mind you this is a couple that had been very open about very awkward relationship to say th...

Leaders asked for it politely. the big apples democratic mayor says federal help is exactly what the city needs. >> the problem ultimately is donald trump has not shown us any willingness to give us the tools we need, section 8 vouchers. thats the single strongest piece we need from washington that we are not getting right now. >> kat: this is the second time in a single show where weve talked about bill de blasio blaming something in new york on donald trump. do you think thats effective or do ...