Wednesday, Feb 8 2012 6:20PM
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) reports that recent clarification of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Public and Indian Housing's policy to help assist low-income residents could help preserve additional affordable housing.
The National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) reports that recent clarification of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Office of Public and Indian Housing's policy to help assist low-income residents could help preserve additional affordable housing.
According to the Coalition, HUD says the notice is intended to serve as an explanation of the process completed by public housing agencies who want to demolish existing public housing and also notes that PHAs are obligated to include residents throughout the proposed selling of demolishing of housing.
The demand for more affordable housing stems from a period of demolition between 2000 and 2008 when HUD reported more than 99,000 public housing units were either torn down or sold, while the number of applications to eliminate affordable housing for low-income residents continued to increase.
"Demolition or disposition might be the right thing to do in some cases, but in the end, it means taking away residents' homes," said Chairman of NLIHC, George Moses. "I am glad that HUD is helping make sure that residents have the opportunity to understand and weigh in on what happens to their homes and their futures."
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National Low Income Housing Coalition