After 13 years, LA residents have a two-week window to apply for low-income housing

As homelessness climbs to record heights, the city will offer a rare and fleeting chance to join the interminable waitlist for a public housing voucherSign up to our monthly Outside in America newsletterFor most of his adult life, Michael Sweetin has bounced between homes – his mother’s, his brother’s, his sister’s. Once, he slept on the street for two nights. When things are particularly desperate, Sweetin, now 33 and living in Los Angeles, donates plasma twice a week for $75. “Your body changes, you feel sick and weak,” he said.Like millions of other low-income Americans, Sweetin is eligible for a rental-subsidy voucher from the federal government. Sweetin applied for one, and was waitlisted until one of the limited number of vouchers becomes available. Continue reading…

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