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WELFARE FRAUD, SECTION 8 HOUSING
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AHMA PSW MENTIONED IN CONGRESSIONAL BLOG > click here
Excerpt: We are writing to you as concerned tax payers with regard to rewarding fraudulent welfare recipients with lowered rents through the Section 8 program. Our concern is that housing providers of privately owned Section 8 housing are required to reward households who commit welfare fraud by decreasing their rents, which thereby increases their government subsidies. When a County discovers a recipient committing welfare fraud, or refusing to participate in a self-sufficiency program, the welfare payment is reduced until the money is repaid. In the public housing sector, by law, the Housing Authority cannot reward a household by lowering their portion of rent. However, because the statute does not include the hundreds of thousands of privately owned Section 8 units, we are still required to reduce the household’s share of rent during their repayment period. This has had an undesirable effect, which allows individuals committing a criminal act, i.e., welfare fraud, to be rewarded by obtaining higher government subsidies funded by taxpayer dollars…
Model Welfare Fraud Letter to your Congressional Representatives
(look up your representative through the link below)
Congressional Contact Listing > click here
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OTHER RESOURCES |
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United States Senate Contact Listing > click here
House of Representative Contact Listing > click here
NAHMA Grassroots Action Center > click here
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AHMA-PSW AFFORDABLE HOUSING POLICY PRIORITIES 2011 |
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> click here to download
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