Section 8 program in the South reinforcing segregation

A federal government housing voucher program is making the problems it was...

An episode of the BPR News Extended podcast, hosted by Matt Bush, titled "Section 8 program in the South reinforcing segregation" was published on November 17, 2021 and runs 19 minutes.

November 17, 2021 ·19m · BPR News Extended

Summary

A federal government housing voucher program is making the problems it was designed to alleviate only worse in the South. That's according to a six-month investigation done by the USA Today Network.Fred Clasen-Kelly is the reporter behind the investigation into Section 8 housing vouchers. He spoke about what he found out, including in both Asheville and Shelby in North Carolina, with BPR's Matt Bush. You can hear the full interview above, and listen to it during a new episode of The Porch premiering Friday November 19th at 9 a.m. on Blue Ridge Public Radio.

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