Sudden HUD budget cuts threaten Section 8 tenants
20 July 2004 -
FLASH:
NO SECTION 8 TENANTS WILL BE EVICTED.
In response to tenant protests against abrupt Section 8 rent support cuts,
The Alameda City Council announced that Housing Administration Director
Mike Pucci's effort in Washington, D.C., and cooperative landlords who
reduced some rents, had made possible the funding of ALL Section 8 vouchers
through September. Most certainly, all tenants supported by Section 8
funding will be safe from eviction through the end of the year. Members of
the Campaign for Renters' Rights held a rally outside City Hall just before
the Tuesday Council Meeting.
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- July 1, 2004: Special Meeting of City Council buys times for threatened Section 8 tenants
- The City will pay July rents for 125 of the remaining families previously supported by HUD Section 8 rent vouchers. City officials are scrambling to find some way to help keep people from sleeping on the streets.
- June 25, 2004: March to protest Section 8 evictions
- The protests of Section 8 evictions of several hundred poor residents intensify. Friday, June 25th, tenants and members of the Campaign for Renter's Rights marched from Jackson Park along Park Street to the City Hall. The City and landlords have made some concessions.
- June 19, 2004: Protesting Section 8 evictions
- The Section 8 eviction crisis has burst open. Hundreds of poor renters in Alameda may soon be homeless.
