Public Benefits

Willa is a U.S. Army veteran who has lived in Oxnard for over 50 years. Thanks to a Housing Choice Voucher (commonly known as Section 8) from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Willa has been able to stay in her community despite the skyrocketing cost of living. But when she renewed her voucher last year, a calculation error by the local housing authority led to a rent increase she couldn’t afford. She worried about losing the stable home she’d created for herself and her grandson. 

Willa successfully got her rent back to an affordable level with CRLA’s support. She also did more: her input resulted in changes to the housing authority’s web portal that improve transparency and efficiency of the renewal process for all voucher recipients in the area.

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