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A family in public housing makes $498,000 a year. And HUD wants tenants like this to stay.
The Washington Post ^ | August 17, 2015 | Lisa Rein

Posted on 08/18/2015 10:02:57 AM PDT by boycott

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These are the people who should be taxed 90% of their income. They deserve punishment for living off others when they make more than four Middle Class American families. Uncle Sap loves getting ripped off. He suffers from a severe lack of self esteem.


21 posted on 08/18/2015 11:20:10 AM PDT by txrefugee
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The bureaucrats like them because the more people on the program the more they can justify more money next year


22 posted on 08/18/2015 11:24:35 AM PDT by GeronL (Cruz is for real, 100%)
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England has this problem. They even have a tv show based on it.

Welfare in England:
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2013/01/living-on-welfare-in-the-u-k.php

Meet England’s Most Notorious Welfare Queen
http://www.businessinsider.com/british-are-shocked-by-unemployed-family-of-13-with-another-on-the-way-2010-8


23 posted on 08/18/2015 11:29:27 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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These folks need to be fined substantially. Cheating the taxpayers should be a serious offense.


24 posted on 08/18/2015 11:41:09 AM PDT by boycott (S)
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My thank you card for that nice swimming pool must have been lost in the mail.


25 posted on 08/18/2015 1:01:26 PM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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It’s not uncommon for the developers, landlords etc to put their own family or friends in these apartments on the taxpayer dime. These rich tenants in this story are probably politically connected.

It’s not the government’s money.
It’s your money.
These subsidies are taxpayer-funded grants. They are a matter of PUBLIC RECORD. Any taxpayer has the right to examine and challenge them.You can contact your state housing department (state branch of HUD) and start asking questions.
They’ll point you to the online archive of documents pertaining to a particular housing project. You’ll learn a LOT; then you can devise a plan to begin dismantling these rip offs.
Most importantly, don’t go after the poor or minority tenants. Approach it from the point of view of CORPORATE WELFARE. The developers, architects, builders and landlords are the ones getting the big bucks from these contracts.
Follow those names and their connections to kickbacks, campaign contributions, etc. Then go after the over-income, obviously ineligible tenants, and their connections. It’s likely these tenants are campaign contributors.
Then lodge your complaints with your state HUD, while furnishing your findings to sympathetic reporters.

It’s actually easier to stop these projects before they get built. The key is taxpayer participation and monitoring the public records.
Be aware if a project is planned in your area, and get on it ASAP.


26 posted on 08/18/2015 1:22:38 PM PDT by mumblypeg (I've seen the future; brother it is murder. -L. Cohen)
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The developers, architects, builders and landlords are the ones getting the big bucks from these contracts..

No doubts about that.

There are some welfare cheats making out pretty well over it too.


27 posted on 08/18/2015 3:20:13 PM PDT by boycott (S)
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This is not what this article is about. These people are earning an income of $498,000 from their jobs in the private sector, and then paying only $1900 rent for their subsidized apartment.


28 posted on 08/18/2015 6:03:52 PM PDT by proxy_user
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