Grim proving ground for Obama's housing policy"About 99 of the units are vacant, many rendered uninhabitable by unfixed problems, such as collapsed roofs and fire damage. Mice scamper through the halls. Battered mailboxes hang open. Sewage backs up into kitchen sinks. In 2006, federal inspectors graded the condition of the complex an 11 on a 100-point scale - a score so bad the buildings now face demolition."
There are several buildings near downtown Tampa that were funded as Section 8/”Affordable Housing” and they are nothing but invitations for contractor/builder fraud. The projects are over budget, WAY past completion dates, failing inspection after inspection and are still not ready to house people. Tampa has tens of thousands on waiting lists for rental assistance and they won’t even take new applications. The “projects” housing these buildings were meant to replace were torn down before suitable replacement units were ready.