City defunding housing assistance, but not having rent caps.
Moved to a city for a new job, my mistake was not considering the cost of living. When I first moved here gas was under $3, 1 bed apartments were $1100, groceries were expensive but only if you went to Albertsons…I’m making $23/hr and I can’t qualify for a one bedroom apartment, but I can’t qualify for income-restricted apartments either. So I’m basically stuck in the middle. Seeing 1 bedroom apartments for $1,500 to $1,800 in a place where jobs advertise $7.50/hr is a joke. Even rooms for rent are charging over a $1000 to live with 3-4 random strangers. I went to a housing assistance facility today to see if I could get any help and they informed me that housing assistance and section-8 were defunded TWO YEARS AGO, and haven’t accepted people to even a waitlist since then. How can a state defund housing assistance while passing laws that allow landlords and property managers to have zero rent caps.
Before you ask. Yes it’s Idaho.