A new report from Memphis fair-housing advocates accuses the city’s housing authority of putting up bureaucratic roadblocks that keep some families from actually using the federal rental vouchers they have been awarded. The study says voucher holders were sometimes dropped from the program without timely written notice, subsidy payments were sometimes missed, and confusing online guidance and slow replies left renters scrambling to keep their housing. Advocates say a handful of simple administrative fixes could sharply reduce the number of families who lose assistance.
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The 99-page review, titled “Behind Closed Doors: How the Memphis Housing Authority Blocks Access to Affordable Housing,” surfaced this week, according to FOX13 Memphis……