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Housing committee warns of voucher cuts and courts landlords'inspection programs as landlords, boroughs and HUD consultants engage
Summary
Housing committee members said HUD-level discussions could reduce Housing Choice Voucher funding and raised landlord engagement strategies; borough managers described recently launched rental-inspection programs and offered to share best practices with neighboring boroughs.
Members of Carbon County's housing committee discussed potential reductions to Housing Choice Voucher funding and local efforts to engage landlords, broaden outreach and enforce rental-safety inspections.
Rob, a housing committee member, told the group he expects conversations at the federal level and by consulting groups to affect voucher administration. “One of the key consultant groups out of the Washington DC area called Abt Associates…they're canvassing housing authorities,” Rob said, describing upcoming consultations on voucher coordination with landlords and on strategies to address mismatches between rising rents and…
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