The NBC10 Investigators discovered a loophole that allows people to get Section 8 housing in Philly in the federal housing system, delaying the housing of Philly residents who have waited years for the same opportunity. ByClaudiaVargas explains:
The loophole is in a program called Portability, which allows people to transfer their Housing Choice voucher from one public housing agency to another-- anywhere in the country. The idea is that voucher recipients have aBut some people have been “porting” to avoid the long waits in Philly and other large cities.
“A lot of those families, maybe even all of them, were originally from Philadelphia,” Alberts said. “They moved to Johnstown because it was quicker and easier to obtain housing here.” When people transfer, or port, their voucher to Philly, the Housing Authority here decides whether to “absorb” and take over that voucher as one of its own, paying for the person’s rent out of Philly’s voucher allocation budget. Or, Philly can bill the housing authority where the voucher originated.
It wasn’t until weeks after the interview that a PHA spokesperson confirmed via email that PHA had indeed absorbed all 715 vouchers. Jeremiah, through that spokesperson, declined the offer for a second interview.
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