Time limits for public housing residents?

Via Billy

Many critics have called on the Huntsville Housing Authority to limit how long families can stay in public housing.

They may get their wish if the agency becomes a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development "Moving to Work" program.

Housing Authority officials are applying to be one of four "Moving to Work" demonstration sites that HUD plans to announce later this year.

A copy of the application on the agency's website says time limits, work or education requirements for able-bodied adults, and rent reforms are among the many sweeping changes under consideration.

"At some point, you've got to have that conversation with the people you serve -- that we want to work with you and get you to a point where you can go out on your own," Housing Authority Executive Director Michael Lundy told The Times last week.

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