Housing assistance cuts worry Catholic Charities.WASHINGTON Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. -- As many as 250,000 low-income families, seniors, and people with disabilities could lose their housing assistance next year if Congress approves a proposal to cut $1 billion from the federal Housing Choice Voucher A receipt or release which provides evidence of payment or other discharge of a debt, often for purposes of reimbursement, or attests to the accuracy of the accounts. program, better known as Section 8. A proposed restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). of the program would also mean that assistance would no longer keep pace with rising housing costs, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Catholic Charities USA. Local Catholic Charities have been conducting letter-writing campaigns and holding press conferences around the country in support of the 30-year-old Section 8 program, which is the largest federal housing program and helps more than 2 million families to rent apartments each year. |
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