And who pays the utility bills? I own a 1800 sq" 4/2 in NE Florida, brand-new energy-efficient everything and my summer utility bill can easy exceed $300 -and that's keeping my A/C set at a sweltering 76 degrees.
I can't image what the bills for a 4500 sq" home with a living room "large enough to play football in" are going to set back these Section 8 tenants.
You and I do, naturally.
“And who pays the utility bills?”
Oh, that’s just a different gov’t program, or one run by the utility itself. Around DC there’s the Washington Area Fuel Fund (WAFF) that Washington Gas solicits donations for on your monthly gas bill.
Reminds me of the Extreme Makeover TV Show where they build a deserving Family a Mansion when they couldn’t afford to maintain an 1200 S.F. Ranch Style House.
Many of the Recipients either Mortgaged the new House to the hilt and got foreclosed on, let the House go to pot because they couldn’t afford to maintain it or sold it and ran away with the cash that they later blew on something stupid.
Can’t wait to see how this works out. Meanwhile I’ll be making out my Mortgage Payment and wondering what the heck I was thinking.
If they get Section 8, they most likely get Low Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) subsidies for their utility bills. We pay for that, too. The amount provided for the program in Florida this year is $78,039,720.