I live in a section 8 subsidized apartment.. and it is great.. my land lord keeps the area up, as well as the tenants, planting flowers, etc..not all people taking advantage of a government program are slums... please...
Well Section 8 is ruining my neighborhood. One old woman owns 6 Section 8 houses on my block. She statrted off with one and just keeps on buying. Thanks to her, my once quiet residential area is quickly becoming a mecca for low income "lounge abouts" that have no respect for the neighborhood. Throwing garbage on the ground, blasting the area with window rattling music, weekly visits from the police, profanity laced tirades with their baby's daddy or their new boyfriends. On top of all that, Section 8 is so lucrative here that landlords keep raising the rents and the government keeps paying them. Middle class working people and the large Latino population that put New Orleans back together after the flood, can't afford these rents. Alot of these Section 8 people are living well and beyond anything that I could afford. Apartments with pools, gyms, spas. It makes me sick...
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