New apartments being built in Houston

[westhou]

Originally Posted by key2thecity

You're right. But since they are here, it doesn't hurt to maintain them and keep the city looking nice.

A lot of the problem is the section 8 housing. Many are built nice but quickly get run down by tenants that don't bother to keep their space looking nice. Junk all over the balcony, torn window blinds, thugs roaming the property.

Not much the city can do to prevent the tenants from behaving like animals.

[LocalPlanner]

Originally Posted by westhou

A lot of the problem is the section 8 housing. Many are built nice but quickly get run down by tenants that don't bother to keep their space looking nice. Junk all over the balcony, torn window blinds, thugs roaming the property.

Not much the city can do to prevent the tenants from behaving like animals.

Actually I'd bet that the vast majority of rundown apartments are not full of Section 8, just because the population of lower income renters that are using Section 8 vouchers (there's a limited supply) is pretty low compared to the overall low income renter population. Section 8 renters do have a bad reputation for being hard on the places they live in, though. Low income renters are low income renters, with all that goes with that stereotype, Section 8 or not.