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The Housing Authorities are losing Section 8 money that the administration is shifting back to projects. Although HUD got a huge increase in funding, none went to Section 8 and money was shifted out of the program.

All housing authorities are making changes in their Section 8 programs because of this. Dallas Housing Authority stopped issuing new vouchers June 1, 2004. The 5200 people on the waiting list will have to go to, or stay in, the projects.

This is a shift in thinking at HUD. For 30 years they have been trying to slowly eliminate the projects and replace them with single-family units integrated into neighborhoods. This helps the neighborhoods because to qualify as a Section 8 house, the unit must pass a 17-page inspection. Frequently it is one of the nicest houses on the block. This helps keep values and property taxes up in these neighborhoods.

Projects, on the other hand destroy the neighborhoods they are in. Property values go down and crime goes up around them.

It is good that the shift is hitting the criminal aliens, but that is the only good I see from the shift.