On paper, Raven Yates is a young, single mother of two who's out of a job. But when we did a little digging, the reality proved much different.
Documents we obtained show in August of 2012, Yates applied and was approved for Section 8 housing for herself and her two kids. She used her voucher to move into a three-bedroom home paying just $40 a month in rent. Section 8 would pay the rest, $688, for a total of $728 monthly rent.
In March, Yates was approved for $320 worth of monthly food assistance from the Department of Human Resources. Her application lists herself and two children as the household members. But the paperwork we obtained shows when Yates applied, she listed her monthly rent as $728. Remember her share of the rent is actually just $40. It's an inconsistency that means several hundred dollars' difference in how much food assistance Yates receives.
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