JAMM AQUINO/JAQUINO@STARADVERTISER.COM
The housing complex Na Lei Hulu Kupuna in Kakaako. The complex, for low income seniors, accepts Section 8 applications.
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Recently my son lost his Waikiki apartment. He has been diagnosed with severe mental illness and is on disability.
He had been homeless off and on for about two years when his case worker helped him get a Section 8 housing voucher. He was so happy to have his own place and hope for his future.
Apparently Section 8 has one standard for all, and he couldn’t live up to the rigorous inspection requirements. They took away his benefit and a week later he was homeless and back on the streets.
I am devastated for him and very confused. It seems one agency is frantically trying to find housing for people, and another agency is hastily dumping people back on the streets.
This sounds like a case of the left hand not knowing what the right is doing, and our street population just keeps growing with no resolution in sight.
Candas Lee Rego
Kailua
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