In Maricopa County. there are 1.334 Section 8 units and 917 public housing units available. The waiting list for units has 6.556 on it. If 40 percent of the current occupants are illegal. that means 900 housing units should be made available to those citizens or legal immigrants waiting their turn. The problem in Arizona is dramatic. nationwide it is even more dramatic. In his report entitled "The Net National Costs of Immigration." Dr. Donald Huddle of Rice University estimates that the cost of public housing provided to illegal immigrants in 1994 was roughly $500 million. Even President Clinton acknowledged that there is a problem. When proposing guidelines for public housing this year. he said most public housing residents have jobs and try to be good parents. and. that it is unfair to let lawbreakers ruin neighborhoods. especially since there are waiting lists to get into public housing. "Public housing has never been a right." he said. but rather "it has always been a privilege.
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