An ABC-Owned Television Stations analysis of data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development found that households that received assistance last year had waited about two years -- and significantly more in other cases.
Wells says there's nearly a decade-long wait in Oakland.
Wells says the Oakland Housing Choice Voucher waitlist was last opened in 2011 and 303 people remain on the waitlist.ABC7 News I-Team reporter Melanie Woodrow asked Wells, "What do you think is the solution here?"
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