Is Section 8 A Good Thing? (Wildwood: buyers, inspection, costs)

[tstlost]

To just at another bit of info on my time working within a sect 8 apartment complex. Recently all employees of our 16 propertys were gathered for a meeting with local housing authoritys. We have a big problem with unsupervised children esp in summer. Remember most sect 8ters dont get out of bed till 2 or 3. So the children renging from ages 2 to 15 are let free to roam the property and do as they please. I say DO AS THEY PLEASE because the housing auth. have let us know clearly that we cannot govern or limit any resident on our property. We can be fined $10,000 for a proven violation. So telling a child to not throw rocks at windows would be a violation. I kid you not. This is all fact.

[soulsurv]

Sorry, unable to read 34 pages of posts, but if the following has been stated or is untrue, please forgive:

it is said that Section 8 played a big hand in hurting the Wildwoods in the 80s/90s. Apparently, areas of Wildwood proper went section 8 - and some of the negative results (crime and decreasing property values) spilled into North Wildwood and parts of the Crest. They are three separate towns. This was told to me by a person who owns property in the center of Wildwood. any truth to that? I can recall going to eat at Groff's, having not been there for many years, and the neighborhood seemed like a wasteland.

[frankgn87]

the crest and NWW are basically unaffected by the section 8 of wildwood proper.

Originally Posted by soulsurv

Sorry, unable to read 34 pages of posts, but if the following has been stated or is untrue, please forgive:

it is said that Section 8 played a big hand in hurting the Wildwoods in the 80s/90s. Apparently, areas of Wildwood proper went section 8 - and some of the negative results (crime and decreasing property values) spilled into North Wildwood and parts of the Crest. They are three separate towns. This was told to me by a person who owns property in the center of Wildwood. any truth to that? I can recall going to eat at Groff's, having not been there for many years, and the neighborhood seemed like a wasteland.

[natalayjones]

Originally Posted by tstlost

To just at another bit of info on my time working within a sect 8 apartment complex. Recently all employees of our 16 propertys were gathered for a meeting with local housing authoritys. We have a big problem with unsupervised children esp in summer. Remember most sect 8ters dont get out of bed till 2 or 3. So the children renging from ages 2 to 15 are let free to roam the property and do as they please. I say DO AS THEY PLEASE because the housing auth. have let us know clearly that we cannot govern or limit any resident on our property. We can be fined $10,000 for a proven violation. So telling a child to not throw rocks at windows would be a violation. I kid you not. This is all fact.

Most section 8ers don't get out of bed till 2 or 3 What do you do; go knock on the door of each apartment and ask if they're out of bed yet? Or are you peeping through the windows?

[soulsurv]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

the crest and NWW are basically unaffected by the section 8 of wildwood proper.

Okay, Frank..if you say so. I do wonder why the Wildwoods took such a hit in the 80s/90s. Folks just going other places for a vacation, i guess. hats off to the DooWop Society for trying to bring back the unique look of the Wildwoods.

[tstlost]

Originally Posted by natalayjones

Most section 8ers don't get out of bed till 2 or 3 What do you do; go knock on the door of each apartment and ask if they're out of bed yet? Or are you peeping through the windows?

I have a key and I knock till no one answers and then enter. If you want to **** off a section8ter go in before noon. Thats what I do. It gives me some satisfaction seeing that I got up at 6am to pay my taxes so they can sleep all day and party all night. I give proper notice on what day I will be coming and they dont/cant read it. If they are awake I walk through a cloud of crack or pot smoke to do my job. Ahh the life of babysitting low life scumbags. Did I say that out loud. Sorry if this offends you you must a section8ter.

[CaptainNJ]

section 8 housing should be in mexico

[tstlost]

Originally Posted by CaptainNJ

section 8 housing should be in mexico

To be honest the Mexican residents are some of the best they are trying to use the system to better their lives. This isnt a race issue. The whites and black section8ters are almost equel in their state of existance. Im a white male. Not choosing sides.

[frankgn87]

I am a member in the Doo Wop society WW tok a hit due to the fact that many hotels were sold to developers and condos were being built at an alarming rate.

Originally Posted by soulsurv

Okay, Frank..if you say so. I do wonder why the Wildwoods took such a hit in the 80s/90s. Folks just going other places for a vacation, i guess. hats off to the DooWop Society for trying to bring back the unique look of the Wildwoods.

[soulsurv]

Originally Posted by frankgn87

I am a member in the Doo Wop society WW tok a hit due to the fact that many hotels were sold to developers and condos were being built at an alarming rate.

COOL!!!! Excuse my sluggishness, and let me see if I got this straight (because I got the shock of my life when I revisited the WWs after a decade): so, the tearing down of the hotels and the building up of the awful condos (and they ARE god-awful looking), meant that there were less places to stay because the condos were purchased? - Or they didn't sell to builder expectations, remained unfilled, and the economy went south because of that? Sorry about the confusion...but I can remember driving through the center of Wildwood, having remembered it fondly as "the' place to be, and thinking I was in the ghetto. Thanks, and keep up the great work