Welcome, second-class citizen!
You could very well be right. After hurricane Katrina, a friend of mine in Denver saw his rent suddenly skyrocket at his next renewal. When he dug into it to see why, he discovered that the landlord was trying to force as many existing tenants as possible out so that they could replace them with Section 8 derelicts from New Orleans. I think they figured that knowing that at least part of the derelicts’ rent payment was guaranteed to be paid by the government was better than having to chase non-subsidized tenants all the time to get paid at all. And I’m sure they were also trying to boost the rent as high as possible before the government tenants arrived, since the Feds couldn’t care less what it cost.
To add insult to injury, my friend stuck it out for a while, only to find himself suddenly living in a very expensive crime-ridden slum as the new neighbors began to spread the wonders of their “diverse culture” far and wide. All I could keep thinking was how the government used his own tax dollars to thoroughly screw up his life, and even lectured him (and the rest of us) about how it was his “patriotic duty” to pay taxes.
A classic case of, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
To bad all the best spots in California are taken