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# Santa Monica Hope doesn’t keep the rain away
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-hope-doesnt-keep-the-rain-away-editor/
- Published: 2007-12-19T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T04:26:09.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Drew Feldman Santa Monica*

First, let me thank the City Council for the RDA Voucher. This Santa Monica Housing voucher pays first month, last month and security too. All I have to do is find a vouchered dwelling.

Six months and not even one lead from the Santa Monica Housing Authority. The voucher is for a single or one bedroom. I have found one lead, to date, from local papers. It was from this paper I found the only lead. It was perfect, too. I asked to afford an application, but was told the last vouchered resident had taken a checkbook from the owner and forged her name... I was told that vouchers were not of interest any longer. I watched as a cash-paying applicant turned in her application.

How many people have put in the same efforts? How many of these RDA Vouchers were issued? I would like to know if more than 1 percent found housing, if anyone for that mater.

I have only one lead at this time. The building is full now, but people don’t live forever. I’ll be waiting...

Thank you, again, Santa Monica City Council for the hope of housing. The thing is, hope won’t keep the rain off you.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 19, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/121907.pdf?ref=smdp.com)