Almost $35 billion in housing aid goes to families with incomes above $200,000.
Ms. Ball offered little hope, and suggested that the Gilleos seek government housing aid.
Some critics say Mr. Lazio has hurt housing aid for the poor and for families.
Christian Housing Aid had kindly sent a truck to furnish our home.
At the same time, housing aid was only slowly dribbling from Washington.
The housing aid that has arrived has often proved to be too little.
A partisan split was evident in House debate over the bill's provision creating a housing aid fund.
Public housing aid and child health insurance, for example, are not widely used by immigrants who are eligible for them.
The bill also expands the number of New Yorkers eligible for emergency housing aid as a result of the attacks.
The Bush administration is proposing to increase rents charged to thousands of poor people who receive federal housing aid.
After three years of lobbying, she and her husband, an architect, finally qualified for federal housing aid.
