Eight staff members live in a group home owned by the institute and enjoy subsidized rent.

The sale resulted in their subsidized rent going from $986 a month to the market rate of $2,033 a month.

Living in a Bronx apartment, she pays $233 a month toward a federally subsidized rent of $635.

Ms. Fields still gets government help, however: subsidized rent, child care and food stamps.

What I do is offer a subsidized rent - half of what they would pay.

Typically, city guarantees on ticket sales and heavily subsidized rent are also part of the deal.

Because of subsidized rents, some tenants live in larger apartments than they need and might otherwise afford.

The Strouds pay a subsidized rent of $339 a month; the typical rate for their apartment is $809.

Now that they are off public assistance, even at a subsidized rent of $470 a month, they have little left over.

She said the city's Section 8 voucher system for subsidized rent was "a more appropriate and supportive program."