Tenant group protests federal rental voucher change
Submitted on June 21, 2004 - 12:00am.
Alexandre Da Silva and Elizabeth Owens
WASHINGTON - Hundreds of tenants who receive federal rental assistance rallied Monday to protest program changes they claim could force up to 60,000 families out of their homes this year.
“I could be out on the street next month,” said Vern Zuehlsdorff, 65, a retired teacher and a member of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants board.
Zuehlsdorff lives in an apartment building in Seattle that once helped the elderly and ill “maintain their independence into the last days of their lives,” he said.
But because Zuehlsdorff is living on an “enhanced voucher,” which NAHT said would be eliminated through the Bush administration's proposal, he waved a sign that read, “Don't take my home!”
“I could be out on the street next month,” said Vern Zuehlsdorff, 65, a retired teacher and a member of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants board.
Zuehlsdorff lives in an apartment building in Seattle that once helped the elderly and ill “maintain their independence into the last days of their lives,” he said.
But because Zuehlsdorff is living on an “enhanced voucher,” which NAHT said would be eliminated through the Bush administration's proposal, he waved a sign that read, “Don't take my home!”
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