Family fighting to stay in apartment

January 18, 2013 @ 9:06 am

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. (AP) - A family in Airway Heights is fighting to keep its two-bedroom apartment after changes in federal housing assistance.

Michelle Ortiz and her son share a two-bedroom apartment. She's on Section 8 and is currently unemployed, and Spokane Housing Authority pays most of her rent.

But the federal government just cut the funding it gives to local agencies. To keep the same amount of assistance, families with an even number of people must have two people per bedroom, meaning Ortiz must share a room with her son. Ortiz worries she won't be able to find a one-bedroom apartment and could end up homeless.

Spokane Housing Authority executive director Steve Cervantes says the agency is trying to help as many people as it can, despite the lack of funding.

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Information from: KREM-TV, http://www.krem.com/


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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Agreed.
    January 18, 2013 9:47 am
    I say she and her son should be in a studio. I'm sick of the losers claiming "victim" status.
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  • BikerDude wrote...
    Whatever
    January 18, 2013 9:50 am
    I lived in a studio apartment WITH a roommate for over a year. No bedrooms, just a small crowded room that had a major cockroach problem. I didn't receive a dime of assisance. I was very creative when it came to fixing food, took short showers and didn't go out!!! I don't really care that they would have to share a room. If WE are paying for it I say fit 2 or 3 mor people in that same apartment. Nothing like getting freebies and handouts. I'm sure that Section 8 peeps can help her find a more suitable place that the tax payers can afford.
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  • Howdy wrote...
    Perhaps...
    January 18, 2013 10:30 am
    popi can pitch in the few extra bucks to get her what she wants. Chances are he's locked up though.
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  • CH wrote...
    Nothing like getting freebies and handouts -
    January 18, 2013 11:43 am
    you got that right!! flying high on Section 8!! thanks to flounder and zero-zero!! now King Obama wants your guns!!
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