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New Yorkers Need More Housing Vouchers
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
14 Jun 2024
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Black Agenda Radio · New Yorkers Need More Housing Vouchers

Milton Perez is a leader in the Homelessness Union at Vocal-NY. He joins us from New York City to discuss the lack of affordable housing which was shown in the enormous demand for Section 8 vouchers, with more than 600,000 people applying in just one week. He joins us to talk about the housing access voucher program which Vocal-NY supports.

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