[3AngelaD]

Affordable housing is affordable because someone else is paying for it. My and your taxpayer dollars at work. Needless to say, the six-figure families are, shall we say, not native Americans. My nominee for the stupidest statement in this story: Officials also say that to turn families out would punish them for attaining self-sufficiency.

[kabar]

Outrageous. We need to boot Connolly out and bring in Baise. I wonder how many of these affluent residents receiving subsidies are US citizens.

[Dixie Yooper]

Why is it every time someone gets a job you couldn’t pay me enough to take on, everyone complains about how much that person is making?

[PeterPrinciple]

Officials also say that to turn families out would punish them for attaining self-sufficiency.

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Amazing logic, isn’t it. When your major “touchstone” for making decisions is tolerance and feelings............

[Dixie Yooper]

Ignore my previous post. I just read the article. What a bunch of low-lifes.

[popdonnelly]

I figured out a long time ago that whenever the government hands out free money, you’re going to have cheaters. It astounds me that we have public largesse run by people who can’t figure that out - or intentionally don’t want to.

[popdonnelly]

I think people should realize that government has become one big system of corruption - that “doing good” is really handing out taxpayer money for political reasons.

[The Great RJ]

While I do not doubt that some listed tenants in these public housing projects have six figure incomes, I seriously question that anyone with that kind of income would actually live there. I would bet that on further investigation these individuals have sublet their subsidized housing for a profitable rent.

[Neoliberalnot]

We have a housing crisis in this country and the gov’t must step to the plate to provide our mortgage payments. Personally, I will be money ahead to have the gov’t pay my mortgage rather than pay my healthcare. I also think they should contemplate a car program.

[ridesthemiles]

My nominee for the stupidest statement in this story: Officials also say that to turn families out would punish them for attaining self-sufficiency.”

The taxpayers are being punished for being “self-sufficient”, IMO.

[ChildOfThe60s]

Self sufficiency is a goal and reward in itself, not punishment. Only a loony leftie would make it sound negative to take care of oneself.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Officials also say that to turn families out would punish them for attaining self-sufficiency....

Ah yes, the "Officials"....

[mbynack]

Anytime the government creates an entitlement program, someone will find a way to take advantage of it.

[dennisw]

My own educated guess is these people are public sector employees and are politically connected and probably tend to be minority. Unfortunately this article omits the obvious which is where are these high income public housing squatters making their money. Betcha anything they work for Gubbermint on some level. Feds pay quite a lot to some employees

[N3WBI3]

"County housing officials emphasize -- and a review of county and federal housing rules confirms -- that they have broken no rules by letting tenants remain after their incomes rise. They say every household met eligibility caps when they entered the program. Officials also say that to turn families out would punish them for attaining self-sufficiency...."

Umm if you're giving them money to live they are not self sufficient..