The federal government should enact the following policy recommendations to increase affordable, accessible, and inclusive housing for all especially people with disabilities.
City Council considers housing voucher requirement for projects getting city incentives
Refusing to accept vouchers could mean a property owner has to pay the city back
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SAN ANTONIO – Taking city incentives like fee waivers or tax abatements could mean future housing developments in San Antonio would be required to accept housing vouchers, like Section 8, from their renters.
The San Antonio City Council is considering an ordinance that would ban property owners who receive city incentives from refusing to rent to someone who wants to use a housing voucher to help pay their rent. Violating that ordinance, which the council could vote on as soon as April 29, could result in the property owner having to pay the city back and be barred from getting any more incentives in the future.
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These are incredibly challenging times for middle-class and working families across our state. The COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating aftermath are only adding to the pain.
In the city of Chicago and Illinois’ more populous areas, the housing crisis is all too real and frightening. We have been battling a dwindling stock of affordable housing for years. What rented for $700 a month a few years ago now costs $1,500 a month. Property taxes have quadrupled. People have jobs and the incomes to live somewhere reasonably priced, but there is nowhere to turn.
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In the more rural areas of Illinois, the problems are almost reversed, yet equally frustrating. Populations have declined and jobs are scarce. Families with some security stay in their homes for many years, and developers simply do not have the means or the resources to build affordable homes and apartments. Those who must find a place to live often end up traveling long ways from home to make ends meet.
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April 17, 2021 3:47 PM Matthew Kincanon
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Mother Teresa Haven preliminary renderings. Courtesy of Catholic Charities
SPOKANE, Wash. Last Wednesday, Catholic Charities announced that it will be moving forward with two new permanent, affordable, supportive housing projects for low-income families and vulnerable individuals as part of its push to solve homelessness in Eastern Washington.
One complex, Mother Teresa Haven, will be a 48-unit project in Spokane that will serve low-income families, and the other, Pasco Haven will be a 60-unit project in Pasco that will provide counseling, case management and healthcare to vulnerable residents.
Mother Teresa Haven will be adjacent to Catholic Charities Sister’s Haven, a family affordable housing community, at the Holy Names Campus. The monthly rent for families will average $245 and residents will get access to on-site services including counseling, case management, healthcare, recreational act