HealthyDirection659 t1_itxt0xr wrote on October 27, 2022 at 2:11 AM

Reply to comment by Kolzig33189 in How can we incentivize real discussions around solutions to home affordability in CT? by otter_spud

The apt complex in Glastonbury is not section 8. Its not even possible to get a section 8 voucher in CT since the program has been closed to new reciepients since 2014. The complex will accept a few applicants that make 30-50% of the towns median salary and call it "affordable." But even at those rates poor people won't be able to afford the apts.

Kolzig33189 t1_itxtlp7 wrote on October 27, 2022 at 2:16 AM

I don’t live in Glastonbury so maybe things changed but that was a huge deal in the town when they were voting on it, and the specific vote I remember it being section 8 housing specific for at least 50% of the building…did that change post vote?

I find that really hard to believe there hasn’t been a single voucher given in CT in 8 years. Do you have a source for that?

HealthyDirection659 t1_ity9gpq wrote on October 27, 2022 at 4:39 AM

Section 8 is a housing voucher program administered by the Fed Govt. Has nothing to do with state or local Govts. There is no purposefully built section 8 housing at least in CT that I know of. Whatever you heard about section 8 at this Glastonbury complex is incorrect. https://portal.ct.gov/DOH/DOH/Additional-program-pages/How-to-Apply-for-RAP-and-Section-8

Kolzig33189 t1_ityzq7q wrote on October 27, 2022 at 10:27 AM

That doesn’t answer my question of asking for a link to show no section 8 vouchers have been given in CT for 8 years. I’m well aware it’s a federal org (HUD) and not affiliated with state government, but that doesn’t have anything to do with what I said.

HealthyDirection659 t1_itzlhoh wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:49 PM

Click the link i provided then scrol down. All the info you need is there. Program has been closed since july 1 2014.

Kolzig33189 t1_itzm0ij wrote on October 27, 2022 at 1:53 PM

The link is for a state program (UniteCT) that hasn’t functioned since 2014 and if I’m reading it correctly stopped accepting new applicants sometime in 2007.

I know several families in CT who have been granted section 8 vouchers within the past 10 months or so. Yes they had longer waits than I’m comfortable with the system having but they didn’t apply pre-2014.

Saying none have been given in CT in 8 years remains a ridiculous statement.

HealthyDirection659 t1_itzmynm wrote on October 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM

You can believe what you want. That web page cant be more clear.

Kolzig33189 t1_itzqpvs wrote on October 27, 2022 at 2:26 PM

Again the website you provided has nothing to do with section 8; it’s a site for a state only program called UniteCT. If you search that program, it’s for emergency situations and provided about 12 months of rental assistance when it was active.

As you said earlier, section 8 under HUD is a federal program and does not have time limits for voucher recipients, only income limits. They are not the same programs in any way.

If I told you Big Y has apples in stock and you argue and say “no, they don’t have any oranges” how is that helpful or relevant?