The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles has stopped accepting new applicants for the Section 8 voucher program that subsidizes rent for tens of thousands of tenants in the city.
The local authority, which is funded by the federal government, said it made the move because it doesn’t expect Congress to provide enough cash this year to maintain current operations.
For now, the housing authority has only paused new applications. Those who currently have a Section 8 voucher are unaffected and their rent subsidies will continue, though it’s possible some families could eventually be knocked off…