Helen Pagano, 67, landed a one-bedroom in the Edge Community Apartments in Williamsburg, where she pays $165 per month after applying a Section 8 voucher.
The city is in the midst of an historic plan to build affordable housing. But people who want to live in those low-income units face enormous difficulty finding and applying for government-subsidized apartments.
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