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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depending on where you live, you may not ever see your mom get to the top of a Section 8 voucher/housing list.

She is single (albeit elderly) and without kids.

We've been trying to get housing for my elderly brother for more than 8 years. They won't even accept his application(s) because the priority for housing is for those who have minor children. This includes young couples and those who have recently arrived in the US.

I think it is awful that people in their 70s have zero options for housing assistance.

This country is going to see more and more sick, disabled elderly people living on the streets. There are many of them doing this already who try to maintain a veneer of normalcy by hanging out in stores or fast food restaurants most of the day. Then sleep in their cars, if they are still lucky enough to have one.

I guess the good news is the elderly will die more quickly that way which is probably a good thing as far as many in younger generations are concerned.

As evidenced in this thread, many people want nothing to do with their own parents' elder care.
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Or, apparently, their elderly siblings.  [/quote]

PP, what do you mean by that?[/quote]

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