[COLUMN] The corrupt politics of low-income housing

State officials gleefully line their own pockets at taxpayers’ expense.

By Christian Britschgi | Reason

The rent is too damn high—so each year Congress appropriates billions of dollars to address the nation’s collective housing needs. The programs vary from loans to tax credits to straight-up subsidies, but a common feature is that federal taxpayers pony up the dough and then a motley collection of state-level politicians, financing agencies, and housing authorities decide how it’s spent. Can you guess where things go wrong?

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