Some Families Living in Philly Public Housing Earn Over $100K

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NBC Philadelphia:

The Philadelphia Housing Authority has a 10 year waiting list with roughly 100,000 people on it, according to officials.

But while low income and homeless families wait, the NBC10 Investigators found some families were allowed to live in PHA properties while earning six figures.

 

Officials say 181 families living in PHA housing earn more than they’re allowed to. The Department of Housing and Urban Development refers to them as "over income."

 

“I believe that they’re serving an important purpose,” PHA president Kelvin Jeremiah said. “I believe that the fact that they’ve achieved some level of success while being in PHA, I want to be able to encourage that.”

 

Jeremiah said the 181 over income families make up a small percent of the 80,000 people living in PHA housing. He also said the over income families help the housing authority pay its bills.

 

“We want those families in public housing frankly because they pay more in rent,” he said.

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