Posted on 01/12/2013 4:03:25 PM PST by Iron Munro
An event designed to help assist Michigan families with housing expenses turned into a chaotic scene after there was a mad rush to collect Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.
The incident happened Saturday morning at the Wayne County Family Health Services Center on Eureka Road, between Beech Daly and Inkster roads in Taylor — where thousands of people were waiting to get housing vouchers, many who had been waiting outside in the cold since the night before.
Reports say the amount of people who showed up looking for assistance heavily outweighed the number of vouchers to be distributed. As the night was fading away and the sun started to shine, the crowd continued to grow as more and more people arrived. According to reports, only 1,000 vouchers were available for distribution. An estimated 3,000 to 4,000 people were in attendance.
When it came time for the vouchers to be distributed, police said there was a mad rush for the door, with people jockeying for position to be the first inside the building. Officers tried to control the crowd, but couldn’t. Fearing the situation was more than they could handle, event organizers shut the entire thing down and turned off the lights inside the building. Witnesses say that’s when things really got ugly.
Star Lee, of Romulus, described the scene as complete chaos.
“People just don’t have order to themselves, you know what I mean? People were fighting and throwing chairs, and that’s just not necessary. We were asked to just come and line up and, you know, make things simple. They shut it down before it even got started and it’s just sad because some people really needed this help, this assistance,” she said.
Candice Wacasey, of Taylor, said she was frightened. Garbage litters the ground at a human services building in Taylor where thousands of people rioted when a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher distribution event was cancelled. (WWJ Photo/Beth Fisher)
Garbage litters the ground at a human services building in Taylor where thousands of people rioted when a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher distribution event was cancelled. (WWJ Photo/Beth Fisher)
“When the lights went out, it went horrible. People started trampling over people, there was a disabled lady that was in a wheelchair and they was trying to knock her over to get in front of her. I mean, just crazy,” she said.
Lenny Syer, of Melvindale, said some people lost all inhibitions, even muscling small children out-of-the-way.
“There was people who was physically putting their hands on people’s childs (sic) and moving them. It was unbelievable,” he said.
Additional help was called in from Michigan State Police, who helped Taylor police control the melee and disperse the crowd. Four people were arrested, but police say no one was injured.
Police say the event will be rescheduled, although specific details still need to be worked out.
“Due to the high demand of the Section 8 vouchers, we will meet with HUD Representatives to discuss the series of events, re-evaluate the distribution method and implement a process that ensures a greater level of efficiency and safety,” Mary Radamacher, Director of the Taylor Housing Commission, said in a statement.
Some of those in attendance Saturday said they hope organizers will be extra cautious and bring in additional security to insure things go differently next time.
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program is the federal government’s major program for assisting very low-income families, the elderly and the disabled to afford decent, safe and sanitary housing in the private market. A housing subsidy is paid to the landlord directly by the government on behalf of the participating family, which then pays the difference between the actual rent charged by the landlord and the amount subsidized by the program.
The maximum housing assistance is generally the lesser of the payment standard minus 30 percent of the family’s monthly adjusted income, or the gross rent for the unit minus 30 percent of monthly adjusted income, according to HUD.
I think it is is intentional too
hope not! They’ll be met with country folks who are determined to protect their homes and small communities.
“You ain’t from around here,” along with “Stop right there and turn right around!” will be the common things said, most likely by well-armed citizens who won’t take any s#$& from anyone. That is, if there is any talking going on! :)
They was putting their hands on the childs.....
If you listen to the leeches being interviews on television about this you would think it was the Governments fault. I guess, in a manner of speaking, it is.
“You really do have to wonder if its not intentional. There are better ways of doing it but this way gets headlines”
They could take a hint from concert promoters who started issuing armbands over thirty years ago for fans waiting in line. You are correct, this is intentional
Around here people think of the neighbors when they rent a place out. The people who own the house next door to me rent it to his brother and the two apartments in town are rented to locals.
To be fair, about 70% of african-americans in the US are in the middle class (or better) and receive little in the way of public support. There are about 5 Million members of the urban african - american underclass, concentrated in the nation’s largest 10 urban areas that account for this behavior, crime in incredibly dispropotionate numbers, and overall government expenditure that is mind boggling.
“many homes sold for less than $10,000”
Stripped of all copper, appliances, and probably used for pit bull fights or meth labs.
So?
in great neighborhoods I am sure.
lol
F that. Let the collapse happen. I’m tired of my money being pilfered so you can feel better about posting. MY kids deserve better than what is being STOLEN from us by means of GOVERNMENT and given to “section 8” types. I don’t give a rats ass how well they keep the place.
yes...they’ll come....the feral yutes will steal cars, come out to have fun and cruising the countryside and when a homeowner has to face down these animals, he better be prepared....several of them coming at you is going to be scary.....
Those houses are so nasty that the rats and roaches refuse to live there.
“Dude...even the Romulans cain’t herd these ‘cats!!! It is chaos!!”
Better call Star Fleet.
this is exactly what they want or else they would of make everybody send in an APPLICATION then do the lottery and have the winners come in for an INTERVIEW where only the truly needy would get a voucher and draw new names for as many as didn't make the cut, repeat as necessary
Mostly Holders people.
http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/20572088/chaos-in-taylor-as-thousands-gather-for-housing-help
this is not racist, because most blacks would agree, but throw a rap concert in downtown Chicago, Detroit,Cleveland,Memphis, or Philly or other dimocrat cities, and you and I everybody knows what is going to happen....
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