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SECTION 8 PROGRAM.....

I'M SPEAKING MY MIND ,ARE THERE OTHERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME HOUSEHOLD PROBLEMS FROM OUR YOUNG ADULTS WHO BEGAN WORKING AND THEN ARE TOLD THEY HAVE TO START PAYING RENT ,BUT THE CONFLICT AT HOME DOESN'T RESOLVE ,BECAUSE IT'S NOT IMPLICATED IN THE SECTION 8 PROGRAM,FOR PARTICIPATING  FAMILY'S. THERE HAS BEEN NO OUTSIDE VOICE AND I'M STARTING TO MAKE THE FIRST MOVE,BECAUSE FAMILY'S ALREADY STRUGGLING TO MAKE ENDS MEET ,IN THIS HIGH RENT RATE,HERE IN MARIN COUNTY AND ACROSS THE NATION NEED TO BE HEARD!FAMILY'S HAVE LOST THE SECTION 8 VOUCHERS DUE TO LACK OF EDUCATING THE FAMILY AS A WHOLE ,ESPECIALLY WHEN THE YOU ADULT TURN 18 AND NOW HAS TO NOW BE A PAYING TENANT FOR THEIR PORTION OF THE RENT.WHICH IS 30% OF THEIR INCOME.THEY OFTEN FEEL IT'S NOT FAIR AND WHY SHOULD THEY !WELL IT TEACHES THEM THAT FROM THAT POINT ON RENT WILL BE PAYED WHERE EVER THEY MAY GO, WHILE GIVING A SENSE OF SELF- WORTH AND COMMITMENT  TO MAKING SURE THEIR PART IS DONE ,ALSO A GREAT VALUE WHEN OUT ON THEIR OWN.UNLESS IMPLICATED INTO THIS PROGRAM FAMILYS ARE LOSING AND YOUNG ADULTS WILL NEVER LEARN THE VALUE OF A DOLLAR, TILL LATER IN LIFE,PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY SO US PARENTS CAN FEEL SOME EASE ABOUT HELPING EVERYONE BE SELF SUFFICIENCY  IN LIFE,AT HOME AND HELPING TO DO THEIR PART.IT WOULD STOP ALOT OF THE  QUARRELS ,AND HARD FEELING AT HOME.HELP US KEEP OUR FAMILY'S TOGETHER .























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