This is an audio cast of the Frontline program,

Poverty, Politics, and Profit,

premiering May 9th on PBS and PBS.org slash Frontline.

Tonight, more and more Americans are struggling to find a place to live.

Where do you think you're going to go?

I have nowhere to go. I'm going to a hotel.

With the government spending billions to help,

why are so many left behind?

Only one in every four in need of housing assistance, get it.

Frontline and NPR reporter Laura Sullivan investigate the affordable housing crisis.

Took me six years to get my voucher.

This is really a very, very dire emergency.

The programs.

We have a proven track record.

It's produced good housing. That's very well run.

The problems.

It's property they do not want in their neighborhood.

And if all the money is going where it should.

What did you think when you saw the millions of dollars in kickback money?

Who is amazing. I mean, this is a huge amount of money.

If you aren't following the money, how do you know that the low income housing tax credit is working?

Tonight, Frontline and NPR take a hard look at property, politics, and profit.

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