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As the pandemic exacerbates the nation’s housing crisis, President Biden and Acting Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge have declared support for opening up Housing Choice Vouchers (also known as Section 8 vouchers) to every eligible American. “Housing vouchers are the best, most flexible tool in our arsenal,” when it comes to tackling housing equity issues, Dr. Eva Rosen, a professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University, told GGWash in an interview. By expanding them to all eligible recipients, she continued, and increasing their value to allow renters to live in more well-resourced neighborhoods, it could prevent lower-income renters from being restricted to underinvested, and often red-lined, areas as they have often been historically. ....
Briefs LOS ANGELES Murder suspect mistakenly released from custody A murder suspect was mistakenly released from custody in Southern California Tuesday afternoon and remained at large, authorities said. Steven Manzo, 23, was charged with fatally shooting a man in Long Beach in 2018. Manzo was arrested a year ago and had been incarcerated since then. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office informed Long Beach police that Manzo had been released from custody. Officers were unable to locate him. “Upon further review, it was determined he should not have been released,” Long Beach police said in a statement Wednesday. ....