After seeing NBC10's report on a loophole that allows people to skip Philly's housing waiting list, delaying the housing of residents who have waited years for the same opportunity, state lawmakers want a change to the system. ByClaudiaVargas explains:
Pennsylvania Senator Wayne Langerholc Jr. wants to have some limits on what type of criminal records people have when they are allowed into public housing- particularly in Cambria County. This comes following
an NBC10 investigators report that found people from Philly were moving to Johnstown, into public housing there, and becoming a resident, which qualified them for a Housing Choice Voucher.They then can take that voucher anywhere in the country and move into government-subsidized housing. That process is called “Portability.” Hundreds of people have used it to move into Philly subsidized housing, avoiding the years-long and closed waitlist. Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.
“The story that you ran first, you know, this portability, they're finding a loophole that's enabling them to essentially game the system,” Langerholc said. Langerholc, who is a former assistant district attorney, said some of the Philadelphians moving to Johnstown for the public housing and voucher have criminal records. He thinks he can change that via state law.
“How they deal with certain individuals with respect to criminal violations,” Langerholc said. “Those are things that we can work on in conjunction with our county district attorney as well as on the state level.”
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