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Democratic Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, whose Houston district includes some 150,000 Katrina evacuees, says there are ways to convert vacant apartments into affordable or free housing. After passing an ordinance, cities could issue Section 8 rental certificates that would cover the rent on the homes until evacuees find jobs. Jackson Lee says she plans to introduce legislation that will call for federal relief funds to be spent on precisely such rental vouchers. “If opportunity exists to create viable housing options,” she says, “they should be explored.”…
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Source: IIPM Editorial-2006
Democratic Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, whose Houston district includes some 150,000 Katrina evacuees, says there are ways to convert vacant apartments into affordable or free housing. After passing an ordinance, cities could issue Section 8 rental certificates that would cover the rent on the homes until evacuees find jobs. Jackson Lee says she plans to introduce legislation that will call for federal relief funds to be spent on precisely such rental vouchers. “If opportunity exists to create viable housing options,” she says, “they should be explored.”…
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Source: IIPM Editorial-2006
