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To: screaminsunshine

Section 8 is income-based. The government pays for part of your rent, based on what you earn (or don’t, as the case may be) and what the rent is. Some people get a full ride, and some (people who actually work, sadly in the vast minority) get only a percentage. What the tenant pays is based on 30% of your income.

Say your rent is $1395 a month. If you make, say, $2700 a month before taxes, you’d pay your landlord $810 and the government pays the other $585.


16 posted on 08/12/2010 5:14:42 AM PDT by hoagy62 (.)
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To: hoagy62

Wow. Here I am living in a cheap 600 a month apartment and paying 20k a year in taxes so these parasites can live in luxury. No wonder all the Mexicans are sneaking in. This sucks! Like a bunch of hungry ticks. UGGHHH!


18 posted on 08/12/2010 5:20:26 AM PDT by screaminsunshine (m)
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