Feds Extend Rental Aid For Katrina Victims
Via MSNBC, some good news for thousands and thousands of families:
The federal government is providing six more months of rental assistance to give thousands of families affected by the 2005 hurricanes extra time to reach self-sufficiency or to get into other housing aid programs.
About 31,400 families have continued receiving federal help paying rent as part of a disaster housing program that was set to expire March 1.
Congress appropriated $85 million in vouchers for those who would still need federal aid after the program ended. But U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan said Friday the Bush administration had begun moving a “very small share” of households — primarily, the elderly and the disabled — to the voucher program before leaving office and that no contact had been made with a large number of families when Donovan arrived at HUD several weeks ago.
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