May 5, 2012 -- Coping with a crippling shortage of affordable housing, Santa Monica officials finally have some good news, courtesy of the federal government.

HUD vouchers that subsidize most of the cost of rent for the poor are being hiked significantly in the city to help match soaring market rates, said Jim Kemper, the City's housing administrator.

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