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"Hundreds of local families could be waiting even longer for their Section 8 housing money.Earlier this year, thousands of metro area residents went to St. Bernard Parish to apply for Section 8 housing vouchers. After waiting in lines for hours to apply, many of those same people have now been told there will be a delay in getting their support.The Housing Authority of New Orleans sent out a letter recently that said some people will have to wait a little longer. The letter apologizes for any disruption or disappointment the action has caused.\"This agency went over the allocation that it had and not expecting a sequestration budget reduction, and frankly, not expecting the number of turnover vouchers was going to drop,\" said the Housing Authority's David Gilmore.Gilmore said this is a temporary suspension due to an 11 percent budget reduction for unused vouchers. There are more than 17,000 families in New Orleans receiving Section 8 funding, and authorities said they will not be affected.Many people are frustrated by the delay, and that ire bubbled over as tempers flared at Tuesday's monthly meeting of the Housing Authority board where dozens of people spoke out.\"I don't understand how someone can give us a voucher and take it back,\" said Carlnesha Jones. \"I moved out of my apartment because I was dependent on Section 8. I don't have nowhere to live. I'm homeless.\"Jones has been waiting since 2009 to get a Section 8 housing voucher, and now that she's pregnant, she needs the financial help even more. Jones was close to getting one but she has been putting on a waiting list along with 700 others.\"Why give out the vouchers if you know you was going to run out of money,\" Jones said. \"That's my whole point.\u00A0 When they was giving out vouchers, they should have had enough vouchers they was supposed to give out.\u00A0 And an amount of money they was supposed to give out. I don't understand this. This really is a crisis.\"\"Nobody who is currently receiving assistance under Section 8 is going to lose that assistance,\" said Gilmore."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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