A year after a rent subsidy became available to help families get their children out of foster care, the program is barely off the ground.

Last year, it used rent subsidies to prevent 1,400 other poor families from becoming homeless.

Many experts say rent subsidies or other housing aid should be used to send these children home.

In addition, generous federal rent subsidies are no longer available to homeless families.

No one in the building has a cash income over $23,000; about 40 percent of residents get Federal rent subsidies.

Another 1,500 people are waiting for rent subsidies set up by a late 1980's federal order.

She also stands to lose at least $600 a month in her rent subsidy.

Her department has provided $25,000 toward rent subsidies for outside users of the studios.

Three levels of rent subsidies are available to qualified tenants.

So the rent subsidies were set at higher levels.