Permanent Homelessness: Families respond to Bush Section 8 Policy

Permanent Homelessness:
Families in San Francisco respond to Bush's new Homeless-Making policy of de-funding Section 8
"Well I'm sorry there's just no money left in the Section 8 program." The words sliced into my head slowly like a dull knife wielded by a murderer without proper tools. "But that will render my family homeless within three months", I started to say, but couldn't quite listen to the response I was given, something about how I waited too long to find a place (families are given 90 days to find a landlord that will take the voucher which in my case fell right in between the high-risk birth of my son and my mom getting a very serious heart condition) and therefore I was unofficially dropped off the program and was now told my chances at reinstatement were slim. [more]Link via SF Bayview.com  Pictured above: Alphonso Jackson, the Secretary of HUD, positions himself  to perform one of the most strategic duties of  Black Conservatives. Word is, the President also keeps a rabbit's foot in his pocket as a contingency.