The CityFHEPS housing voucher program aims to provide low-income families with increased housing options, allowing them to pay only 30% of their income in rent. However, data shows that voucher holders predominantly end up renting in a few neighborhoods, notably in the Bronx and Southeast Brooklyn. Jasmine Smith's experience exemplifies these challenges as she struggled to find available apartments in her desired Brooklyn area, ultimately settling in South Bronx. Advocates claim administrative hurdles and discrimination hinder access to wealthier neighborhoods, compounded by a historically low housing vacancy rate in the city.
"There is no choice really. You just kind of have to take what you can get and you have to feel like a beggar and beggars can't be choosers."
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