Section 8

The city of San Jose, California is crafting regulations to give renters and low-income residents more rights and access to fair housing.

May 14, 2017 - The Mercury News

A development on Chicago's Northside faces protests and picketers who don't want new density, height, or low income residents.

March 1, 2017 - Chicago Reader

A Dallas non-profit has sued Texas Governor Greg Abbott over what it calls a blatantly racist law that allows landlords to refuse payment in federal housing vouchers.

February 22, 2017 - The Dallas Morning News

New research challenges prevailing wisdom on the best kind of housing assistance.

October 31, 2016 - The Washington Post

With a lack of suitable rental units and a lack of willing landlords, the city of Pittsburgh provides a case study for the failure of the Housing Choice Voucher Program to live up to its potential.

June 22, 2016 - Pittsburg Post-Gazette

Proposed changes could have a profound impact on the two million American households receiving rent subsidies through the Section 8 voucher program.

June 17, 2016 - The Wall Street Journal

St. Louis Public Radio details the work of a local researcher who says the segregation of today's St. Louis is the result of deliberate, decades-long federal housing policy.

March 15, 2016 - St. Louis Public Radio

Pittsburgh mayor Bill Peduto thinks Section 8 housing subsidies could get two birds with one stone: help low-income households find affordable housing and reduce blight.

January 12, 2016 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Ending one housing subsidy for households making over $100,000 a year could fund housing vouchers for everyone who needs them.

January 6, 2016 - City Observatory

Rents continue to rise in Portland, and new rules have precipitated even more raised rents for populations that can least afford the new costs.

December 27, 2015 - The Oregonian

The high desert city of Lancaster in northern Los Angeles County has an innovative plan to reduce its homeless population: Close its Metrolink station, the last stop on the Antelope Valley line, that serves 400 commuters daily.

October 28, 2014 - The California Report

A "Race to the Top" proposal for HUD to help off-set the difficulties of delivering affordable housing in high-priced, high-mobility metros.

May 7, 2014 - Shane Phillips

A new paper published in the Urban Studies journal finds a weak, negative relationship between vouchers and violent crime rates. There is no observable relationship between vouchers and violent crime rates in suburban areas.

March 31, 2014 - Urban Studies

Although the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher is one of the federal government's most effective housing programs, its administration by local public housing agencies limit its ability to de-concentrate poverty. A new report proposes a solution.

October 2, 2013 - The Washington Post

As part of a series of editorials outlining the priorities President Obama should tackle in his second term, The New York Times looks at how the federal government could help support the increasing number of American's in need of housing assistance.

December 6, 2012 - The New York Times

Lancaster, California has experienced a surge of Section 8 renters, and they are facing discrimination from residents and city officials, Jennifer Medina reports for The New York Times.

August 11, 2011 - The New York Times

The federal rental assistance vouchers known as Section 8 are increasingly putting low-income families into empty homes in the suburbs.

June 27, 2011 - The Washington Post

The bust of the housing market has put a fleet of atypically nice homes into the Section 8 subsidized housing pool.

August 3, 2010 - The Wall Street Joural

Seven very low-income housing complexes in New Mexico have been renovated to be more energy efficient. The work was made possible by a nonprofit partnership that works in part to put money back in low-income residents' pockets.

September 24, 2008 - Albuquerque Journal