In just two weeks more than 14,500 people applied for the 3,000 available Housing Choice Vouchers.
Jordana Hernandez, who is in a wheelchair, currently lives in a senior citizen building with her son who has special needs.
The payoff for the 3,000 names selected is to be added to a waiting list for Section 8 -- the federal program that allows low-income families to move into market rate apartments.Representatives from the Municipal Housing Authority for the City of Yonkers joined Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano at the drawing.
The federal government caps the number of vouchers municipalities can issue, and in Yonkers, the number is about 175 a year. So this is the first time the list has opened up in 10 years.
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