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Welfare Rent Subsidies in Jeopardy

By Dan Gorenstein on Thursday, April 2, 2009.

Advocates for the poor are concerned the tight state budget could jeopardize a plan to help some families on welfare pay rent.

Supporters of the measure have long said many who receive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families- TANF- don’t get enough aid to pay their rents.

This week, the House Finance Committee has voted to use the money for the housing vouchers in other ways.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.