The problem is what those ‘substandard occupants’ DO to the property. Do they maintain it? Do they pick up trash or mow the yard? Do they invite their friends over and turn the place into a ‘party house’?
It all depends on the occupants and how they behave. Some can live next door to a Sec 8 recipient and you’d never know it because their behavior doesn’t suggest it. With others, you can tell right away simply by how the property is maintained.
That is why I would NEVER agree to participate in Section 8
The tenant has NO responsibility for damage or maintenance of the property. So they trash it and then complain about slumlords and move on to a better place
The govt guarnatees a rent check, but the landlord is responsible for all damages after the locusts move on