Word: apolonio
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cities with high vacancy rates, low-income tenants like the freedom that vouchers provide, even at a higher price. Says Apolonio Flores of the San Antonio Housing Authority: "Some of our people are saying that they always wanted their kids to go to a nicer school, to live closer to their parents." But the rental markets in some cities are so tight that vouchers are meaningless. New York City, for example, has 200,000 applicants waiting for public housing. When vouchers were offered to low-income families there, 62% were returned unused: even with federal assistance, the families still could...
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