Those are the landlords that care about their neighborhoods and other tenants more than the short-term government payments. Section 8 is a boon to unscrupulous landlords, but a curse to neighbors and neighborhoods.
These bastards have the gall to believe that they own what they think they own! </ sarc>
I hear Section 8 and I always think of Klinger on MASH.
How much longer will they have the choice?
Certainly. That 40% of the rent thing is BS. Spendable income....and I’m guessing that income don’t include SNAP and all the other entitlements. There’s a video of a homeowner who rented out his house for $1050/month. The nice tenant only had to come up with $50 and she couldn’t do that. By the time he evicted her, she’d completely trashed the place and sold off anything of value that could be ripped out.
When getting paid by the U.S. Government becomes an “iffy” proposition, it’s always wise to not do business with it anymore. This is just good business.
I now have four properties. The only ones I’ve had problems with are people on welfare. I didn’t even know they were on welfare. But they were growing marihuana, selling steaks on the EBT plan to finance beer. They smoked the place up so I had to pain every surface after just 6 months. The police knocked down my new door. The damage they did was amazing. Plus, the moved out in August without telling me and left $100 worth of meat in the new $1100 refrigerator with the power off. Now, I insist on seeing a paycheck and a financial statement.
Other landlords have shown me pictures of Section 8 damage. Nobody has a nice Section 8 story.
But others will. Being inveterate liberals they don’t just make a quiet road to the willing customers, they filth the unwilling ones.
And their neighbors say Thank You!
"Families"?
Doubt that.
More likely single women with clutches of bastard children.
Section 8 renters typically destroy the properties they rent, and turn them into ghetto fodder.
My Mom had an apt for rent a few months back..put the apt on craigslist, a woman emailed us telling us her story about how she is on Section 8, etc..the second I saw the words “Section 8” I deleted her email
Most people can get SSI and skip the waiting list for Section 8, which can take years.
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She's also, no doubt, on Food Stamps and possibly FI.
Section 8 housing usually destroys the neighborhood. Why? Because the recipients have little, if any, skin in the game.
If Section 8 was a good deal for landlords, there would be no waiting for housing.
Section 8 does not give you the $10,000 or $20,000 to repair or remodel your property after the “tenants” totally trash it and move out. Nobody in their right mind takes Section 8.
If you own rental property in a jurisdiction that is considering this kind of law, I have some advice: SELL NOW!
“Fair” housing.
“Fair” wages.
“Fair” freedom.
“Fair” speech.
“Fair” being whatever the TV networks make the most profit on- isn’t democracy wonderful?
If they require landlords to take Section 8, the number of rental properties would go down to 0.
I couldn’t even watch all that bleeding heart crap about “LaTanya” and her uncited “disability”.
She ain’t disabled enough to not afford a nice wig, or the furnishings in her home. She’s disabled with what? She was outside walking with the kids and wasn’t limping or anything? She could speak and certainly could put on her wig in the morning. Disability my ass. This woman is a professional slack, period. She ain’t hit a lick of work since the dude she hooked up with dumped her trifling ass.
These people DESTROY homes because they have nothing invested in them. They destroy and they move on to the next one, the next time.
LaTanya, if you wants some extra money, find that no good jackass you lay down with and get him on Maury and then serve him a child support order.