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NY eases housing rules for low-income, solo tenants

Published Sun, Dec 7, 2014 · 09:50 PM

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New York

NEW York City housing officials have partly reversed a policy that would have forced thousands of low-income tenants to move to smaller apartments.

The Department of Housing Preservation and Development said that participants in the federal Section 8 voucher programme who live alone no longer have to downsize to studio apartments if they live in a one-bedroom unit. The change, effective on Dec 1, affects about 3,325 tenants, officials said.

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