Posted on December 15, 2015 by Jim Hoffer in WABC-TV WABC-TV, By Jim Hoffer The New York City housing voucher program is designed to get homeless people off the streets, but an Eyewitness News investigation has uncovered that it not easing the problem. It allows homeless people to use vouchers to rent an apartment, much like food stamps. But imagine if supermarkets didn’t take food stamps? That is what is happening now, as some landlords have refused to accept housing vouchers.