The Housing Choice Voucher Program, commonly called Section 8 after the relevant federal code, helps low-income households pay rent in the private market. The program was started in 1983 and provides ...
The Trump administration and GOP lawmakers want steep funding cuts, while new eligibility rules from HUD would imperil ...
When a Federal shutdown and cuts to food assistance threatened to push hundreds of thousands of people closer to hunger, ...
Jeff Elsasser, 64, at Balboa Park on March 24, 2025. Elsasser has been homeless since July 2024. He stays nearby and goes to the park almost every day. San Diego’s homelessness crisis has spiked over ...
The last time Oceanside pulled anyone off its waiting list to get a housing choice voucher, which helps low-income residents pay rent, was December 2023. The delay has been even longer in San Diego: ...