Vouchers

Tenants facing housing discrimination for paying rent with a voucher have a new reprieve.

Erickson Jinaut had city housing vouchers and a full-time job as a security guard and it still took him two years to get out of the city's homeless shelter system.

"The neediest residents will not have realistic alternatives, and will be faced with having either to pay more rent out of their own pocket or leaving the city altogether."

The current cost is estimated at nearly $1 billion, up from $604 million eight years ago.

The Mayor and City Council are facing off over housing regulations that