A young woman recently contacted the Newtown Florist Club about the difficulties she was having trying to find a place to live for her and her four children with a state-issued Section 8 rental assistance voucher. The frustrated young mother told Newtown Florist Club Executive Director Rose Johnson that nobody would accept her voucher. “Almost daily people call our office wanting to know whether or not we know where they can find a place to live,” Johnson said.
New voices raise alarm about housing needs