I live in a very nice older country club area. Many years ago across the main street from us the condos and apartments went Section 8. Now it is a ghetto and if you look at the crime map....holy smoke! The saving grace is they totally leave us alone.
The local big city has a section 8 mess located on the edge of town. Developers put up condos next door. I met someone who owned one of the condos. He said it was like the condo developemnt was a shopping mall for the section 8 crowd.
The fence between the two is formidable now and the the condos are gated with security.