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Old Jun 10, 2017, 01:59 PM
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There's two forms of subsidized housing. One is with the help of a free choice Section 8 voucher. Go to your housing authority and apply for that. You'll be put on a waiting list. It might take a few years. The second is to go to a housing complex that has a contract with HUD to provide subsidized housing. This gets you a subsidy much faster. See if there is a rental magazine in your area. I'm talking about these free advertisement booklets they put in supermarkets. Look through it for housing complexes that offer "affordable housing."

Find out where in your community is the local "housing authority." Go there and fill out an application. Then go and make out applications at housing projects like I've described. Some of these places are not very appealing, and some are very nice. You have to get out there and see what's around.

Some people on a choice voucher pay as little as $25 month toward their rent. Generally subsidies are set up so that you pay about one third of your income toward your rent.

Here's a link with some basic info:

https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD...tal_assistance