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Salem Housing Authority flags out‑of‑area voucher applicants, landlords raising rents after voucher awards
Summary
Nicole Yous, the Salem Housing Authority’s director of housing, told commissioners Monday that roughly a third of recent voucher‑applicants who responded to the agency’s outreach were from outside Marion and Polk counties and that some landlords have sharply raised rents after tenants received vouchers, prompting stricter enforcement of HUD rent‑reasonableness rules.
Nicole Yous, director of housing for the Salem Housing Authority, told commissioners Monday night the agency’s program management report shows growing strains on the local voucher system and other housing programs.
Yous said a recent waiting‑list pool of roughly 300 applicants included about 130 people from outside Marion and Polk counties or from other states; of 87 applicants currently in process, 14 are from out of state and 16 are from outside Marion and Polk counties, a combined 34 percent of that in‑process group. She said staff are tracking how far out‑of‑area applicants progress…
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