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Kaye, the Brighton painter, says he devotes 70 to 80 percent of his income to rent and utilities, paying close to $1,000 a month for a one-bedroom apartment. To cover food costs, Kaye, who does not own a car, says he treks to churches and community centers for free dinners—sometimes walking nearly two hours in each direction...
Under the three-decade-old Section 8 program, the federal government provides housing vouchers that cap rent payments at 30 percent of recipients’ incomes. But the waiting list for the popular program has grown so long that local authorities will no longer accept new applications...
...media connections when I moved to New York consisted of two names pulled from the [Office of Career Services] files,” she remembers—the always-resilient Hsia survived on “a pure love of filmmaking and the necessity to pay the rent...
...found a ten-person apartment with a view of the Charles without so much as a Google search. There is a library and a weight room and a foosball table, and I don’t have to worry about rent or food or utilities. The tutors and house masters are exceptional people with extraordinary stories and experiences and skills, who regularly bring brilliant scholars and renowned international leaders to speak...
...can’t cook, pay bills, or negotiate rent...