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Housing vouchers a golden ticket to pricey suburbs
Washington Post ^

Posted on 06/26/2011 1:24:04 PM PDT by bigtoona

CHARLOTTE — It was clear that Liza Jackson’s luck had changed when she drove her pearl-white Dodge sedan, the one with the huge pink plastic eyelashes over the headlights, into Pinebrook, an eight-year-old subdivision where residents tend to notice cars with huge pink eyelashes.

“There goes the neighborhood,” one homeowner said when she heard that her potential new neighbor had a federal housing voucher known as a Section 8.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: corruption; democrats; economy; fraud; gettohood; ghetto; govtabuse; hopeychangey; housing; liberalism; obamaville; redistribution; section8; welfarestate
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She can afford to ship her car and dogs FROM HAWAII TO THE US, and live in a hotel in Charlotte and she needs government help. WOW.

Love this remark in the article

....In the recession-era economy, the voucher is becoming a golden ticket to almost anywhere, a point hardly lost on Liza Jackson, whose cellphone was now ringing Lil Wayne.

“Yes?” she said, answering in the prim manner she described as her “white voice.” “I had called about the four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath? Yes. Liza. Like Minnelli.”

1 posted on 06/26/2011 1:24:05 PM PDT by bigtoona
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To: bigtoona

Her cell phone has a ringtone for the rapper Little Wayne????

I can see why some might think there goes the neighborhood. Nothing personal against her, but she has some characteristics of people who are “ghetto”.


2 posted on 06/26/2011 1:26:10 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: bigtoona

She has a “white voice”?????

She better watch out. She will lose her street cred if she be acting white.


3 posted on 06/26/2011 1:27:13 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Nothing to see here, Citizen. Just redistributing the wealth. Now...shut up and get to work so you can pay your taxes.


4 posted on 06/26/2011 1:27:46 PM PDT by hal ogen ( of Rights.)
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To: bigtoona
What does my government do for me? Ever? Does it protect the borders and keep out an army of invading Mexicans? No. Does it protect me from crime? No. I get nothing of value from my government. And why? Because I am hard-working and productive. That's my mistake. That's why I get screwed.

The parasites have it figured out. The less value you offer, the more goodies the government will give to you.

And how long can that game last?

5 posted on 06/26/2011 1:28:15 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: bigtoona
I wonder how many of these idiots who push the D-Button every election realize how Section 8 was created and who created it. It's a Democratic Program designed to destroy middle class neighborhoods. Some people who object to section 8 and believe it to be outrageous are still voting for the party that created Section 8.

Most people still cannot associate cause with effect.

Section 8 housing ought to be eliminated entirely. It's done nothing but destroy good neighborhoods.
6 posted on 06/26/2011 1:29:31 PM PDT by truthguy (Good intentions are not enough.)
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To: bigtoona
“It’s guaranteed money,” said David Benham, who owns several rental properties and is a founder of the Benham REO Group, which sells bank foreclosures to investors in 35 states. “It has a great accountability program with the renters. I love Section 8.

Spending problem within the U.S. government?

Blasphemy!! /s

7 posted on 06/26/2011 1:31:05 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)
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To: ClearCase_guy

What you said. After reading the 2 out of 3 pages of that article that the WaPo allowed me to read, I am too busy having a stroke to make up my own response. Just damn.


8 posted on 06/26/2011 1:38:12 PM PDT by GnuHere
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To: bigtoona

Her “vouchre” is $1032 per MONTH!

JUST THE VOUCHER.

Then unemployment, food stamps, welfare for the little no-daddy baby, - then subsidized healthcare, - who knows what else?

OOOPs - almost forgot - at tax time - child credits and kickbacks - another few $thousand that tax PAYERS are limited on.


9 posted on 06/26/2011 1:38:13 PM PDT by Eldon Tyrell
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To: hal ogen

how did the writer know that someone in the
neighborhood said “there goes the neighborhood?”
is that the type of comment you volunteer
to a washington post reporter?
because they’ll be so sympathetic?
i imagine writer made that up. by the
way, my community consists of expensive
and nice homes surrounded by apartments
that were overbuilt in last three decades. they are
now filled with section 8 inhabitants and illegal immigrants.
the level of crime has gone exploded from almost nothing
to nonstop.


10 posted on 06/26/2011 1:41:54 PM PDT by gussiefinknottle (woof!woof!woof!)
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To: truthguy

Fannie Mae to Rent out Homes Instead Foreclosing

Thousands of borrowers on the verge of foreclosure will soon have the option of renting their homes from Fannie Mae, under a policy announced Thursday.

The government-controlled company, through its new “Deed for Lease” program, will allow borrowers to transfer ownership to Fannie Mae and sign a one-year lease, with month-to-month extensions after that.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2009-11-05-fannie-rent-not-foreclose_N.htm

Government controlled rental properties? Isn’t that what section 8 housing is already?

The main facet is it allows Fannie and Freddie to maintain the fictitious value of the house, and not write it down, which adds fuel to the economic collapse of housing and lending for housing.

Obamavilles - the new Hoovervilles !


11 posted on 06/26/2011 1:44:52 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: bigtoona

Another “it’s time for pitchforks and torches” moment.
Disgusting.


12 posted on 06/26/2011 1:45:05 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (2008 was about words; 2012 will be about numbers)
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To: bigtoona

>>....In the recession-era economy, the voucher is becoming a golden ticket to almost anywhere, a point hardly lost on Liza Jackson, whose cellphone was now ringing Lil Wayne. “Yes?” she said, answering in the prim manner she described as her “white voice.”

Cool! I have a “white voice”. Can I get a magic ticket and free cell phone?


13 posted on 06/26/2011 1:46:38 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (We don't need to win elections. We need to win a revolution.)
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To: gussiefinknottle

In my area their is very little section 8 housing. From the small amount of section 8 housing, you can tell the difference just form driving by. They look run down compared to residences where people pay the rent/mortgage out of their own pockets.

I say go by that house in a few months and compare it to the others.


14 posted on 06/26/2011 1:47:22 PM PDT by matt04
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To: gussiefinknottle

In my area their is very little section 8 housing. From the small amount of section 8 housing, you can tell the difference just form driving by. They look run down compared to residences where people pay the rent/mortgage out of their own pockets.

I say go by that house in a few months and compare it to the others.


15 posted on 06/26/2011 1:47:33 PM PDT by matt04
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To: bigtoona

In the 90s, HUD sued my community to force us to accept “scatter site” housing. Under duress, 23 single family homes were purchased and designated section 8 housing. we were called racists for objecting.

As we predicted, the houses are now abandoned eyesores, having been trashed by the welfare tenants.


16 posted on 06/26/2011 1:48:53 PM PDT by y6162
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To: bigtoona

Many new apartment projects use HUD financing (which is a slightly lower rate). In return the owners agree to occupy a percentage of the units with section 8 (I think its 5%).

Around 7 years ago, a complex was built near where I work...in order to fill it up, they took on 20% section 8 tenants.

Every day, as I come and go, I either see shirtless fellas hanging out in the stairwells, with ‘combat bottles’ of beer...or a police car parked at the office.

Shockingly, the owners recently went bankrupt, and a bank now owns the mess.


17 posted on 06/26/2011 1:49:21 PM PDT by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: bigtoona

I knew the government would become the largest landlord in the country.

Sadly, many people are starting to say “If you can’t beat them, join them”. But it won’t be long before there’s not enough to go around.

Does this article ever say how she makes a living? Is she going to be a banker in Charlotte? Does she have a job yet?


18 posted on 06/26/2011 1:51:19 PM PDT by Terry Mross (I'll only vote for a SECOND party.)
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To: Eldon Tyrell

Baraq’s people.
Living the good life!


19 posted on 06/26/2011 1:51:39 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: GnuHere

Heres a link to the printable version of the article if anyone is having problem seeing page 3

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/housing-vouchers-a-golden-ticket-to-pricey-suburbs/2011/06/23/AGDNc7kH_print.html


20 posted on 06/26/2011 1:51:50 PM PDT by bigtoona
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