U.S. Public Housing Tenants Told to Volunteer or Face Eviction
PBS
Is it still volunteering if it?’s mandatory? That?’s the question at the core of a controversy swirling around a 1998 U.S. federal law that recently went into effect nationwide. The law requires public housing tenants to volunteer at least 96 hours per year, or face eviction from their homes. Defended as a way to instill discipline in tenants, and derided as little more than forced labor, the law has already led to several evictions. more
PBS
Is it still volunteering if it?’s mandatory? That?’s the question at the core of a controversy swirling around a 1998 U.S. federal law that recently went into effect nationwide. The law requires public housing tenants to volunteer at least 96 hours per year, or face eviction from their homes. Defended as a way to instill discipline in tenants, and derided as little more than forced labor, the law has already led to several evictions. more
