The San Diego Housing Commission has decided it no longer has the resources to dole out vouchers to specific low-income housing projects, a move expected to slow the pace of new homeless housing.
Over the last decade, the city of San Diego’s housing agency has relied on Section 8 vouchers tied to specific projects to deliver more housing for homeless residents. In our latest Why It Matters segment, Voice of San Diego reporter Lisa Halverstadt says that’s changing.
That mismatch and a commitment to keep handing out project-based vouchers has meant the city’s housing agency hasn’tThe Housing Commission isn’t expecting to receive more voucher funding from HUD that could turn the dial anytime soon.Now the Housing Commission has decided it also must pause voucher offerings that have helped more than double the city’s supply of supportive housing units for formerly homeless people over the last five years.
About 78% of the Housing Commission’s more than 3,700 project-based vouchers are now reserved for formerly homeless San Diegans. Wakeland Housing and Development Corp. CEO Rebecca Louie is concerned how the agency’s decision to stop offering project-based vouchers will affect the production of housing for especially low-income San Diegans for years to come.Wakeland has relied on project-based vouchers in four recent low-income housing projects. Louie described those vouchers as “gamechangers” that fill financing holes and allow projects to serve more vulnerable San Diegans.
Hayes is too young to qualify for Social Security and said her past applications for disability income were repeatedly rejected – a common dilemma – despite health issues, including a stroke a few years ago. That means she doesn’t have any income to pay the rent.
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