Will Fischer of CBPP will present an overview of the
Section Eight Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA)
Will Fischer
On Friday June 5, 2009, between 9:30 and noon, the New Jersey Advocacy Network to End Homelessness and the Housing and Community Development Network of New Jersey will be holding a public forum to discuss the Section Eight Voucher Reform Act (SEVRA). Will fisher of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) will be presenting on the current status of SEVRA as well as the benefits to the community.
Will Fischer is a Senior Policy Analyst who joined CBPP in 2002. His work focuses on federal low-income housing programs, including Section 8 vouchers, public housing, and the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit. This analytic work has been cited in numerous media publications.
Before coming to the Center, he held a position as an analyst at Berkeley Policy Associates, where he worked on evaluations of state TANF programs and several U.S. Department of Labor workforce development initiatives. Earlier, he worked on economic development and other issues at the International City/County Management Association.
Fischer holds a B.A. from Yale University and a Masters in Public Policy from UC Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy.
June 5, 2009 – 9:30 AM to Noon
Statehouse Annex
Conference Room 6, 1st Floor
125 West State Street
Trenton, NJ 08625
Click here for directions and parking.
To register to attend click here.
This legislation would reform and could vastly improve HUD’s Section 8 program. Leadership of the House Financial Services Committee has circulated a draft of the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act, in advance of a hearing possibly on May 13, 2009. The draft is similar to a version of SEVRA the House passed in 2007 (H.R. 1851), but adopts a number of improvements from a version introduced in the Senate in 2008.
The workshop should be of benefit to directors and staff from public housing authorities, community development directors, property owners, tenants of subsidized housing and non-profit housing developers.
The passage of SEVRA was one of the items including in the Advocacy Network’s 2008 Congressional Report Card.
CBPP has prepared an analysis comparing the provisions of the circulation draft to current law, and highlighting the changes from the bill the House passed in 2007. This “side-by-side” is available by clicking here.
