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Article: The crunch in affordable housing; Good news, bad news in subsidized housing: Rental waiting lists open in the Twin Cities area, but the demand still greatly exceeds the supply.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- April 30, 2007
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Byline: Curt Brown; Staff Writer
LaToya Bell hopes to launch a career in radio technology and improve her family's housing situation. But right now, she and her two young sons are spending nights in church basements and days at a family shelter in St. Paul.
She became hopeful when she heard that the long-dormant waiting lists for federally subsidized rental housing - formerly known as Section 8 - were opening up this year in St. Paul, Minneapolis and the suburbs.
"I knew that was my chance and thought it would be a quick process," she said. "I don't want a handout, I just need a hand."
But nearly 11,000 people e-mailed, faxed or ...