Lack of federal aid boosts Howard homelessness

A lack of federal funding forced the Howard County Housing Commission to freeze the waiting list for housing vouchers ? a move some said is contributing to rising numbers of homelessness in the county.

“The waiting list is more than we can fill for at least three years,” said commission executive director Leonard Vaughan of the yearlong moratorium on issuing new housing vouchers, commonly known as Section 8 vouchers.