New Daytona Beach housing program turns another renter into a homeowner Eileen Zaffiro-Kean, The Daytona Beach News-Journal © Nigel Cook/News-Journal Petra Smiley became the first person to purchase a home through the new Homes Bring Hope program. She and Mendez now live on the same cul-de-sac. Smiley is pictured in April with her children, Miracle and Cairon, at the dedication of their new home in Daytona Beach.
DAYTONA BEACH Every night for five years, Madeline Mendez had to push aside toys, books, DVDs and all the other trappings of her living room to clear a space where she could drift off to sleep.
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To the editor,
Athens City Council recently banned source of income discrimination (SOID), making it illegal for city landlords to discriminate against tenants who pay rent with public assistance, such as Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs) from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Rental ads declaring No HUD or No Section 8 and similar statements by landlords, long common in Athens, now constitute a criminal offense.
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This is great news! According to HUD data and the Scholars Strategy Network, discrimination against voucher recipients is something thatâs been making life even more difficult for our most vulnerable neighbors. Local voucher recipients experience extreme poverty, with an average household income of $10,421 per year. Women, people with disabilities and people of color all use vouchers to pay rent at disproportionate rates. In Ohio, 80% of people receiving rental assistance are women. In Athens County, 82% of people living in households us