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Some New York residents hoping to use Section 8 vouchers to help pay for their housing may be out of luck.
The New York City Housing Authority is taking away more than 3,000 Section 8 vouchers. Each voucher gives about $800 a month toward housing to people who need it.
The vouchers have already been given to people who were counting on them to help pay their rent costs and now the vouchers are not worth anything.
Housing officials said they had to take the vouchers back because Congress cut $58 million from its Section 8 budget last spring.
"They knew this in May. They didn't let anybody know. People were walking around thinking they have an affordable housing unit, the potential for that, and they don't," said Manahattan Borough President Scott Stringer. "And I think right before Christmas, New Yorkers who are most vulnerable deserve better."
An agency spokeswoman said officials waited more than six months to cancel the vouchers with the hope that funds would be restored and more apartments would become available.
NYCHA officials said they are trying hard to get funding to meet the demands for the program. The people in that program could now end up homeless.
Questions:
1) Where did this story take place?
2) When did this story take place?
3) What is section 8?
4) How many vouchers is the city taking back from people?
5) How much money does each voucher give a month to people that need it?
6) How much money got cut from the Section 8 budget?
7) What could happen to the people in the program now?
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