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What the f*** is this? Apartments discriminating against people that make more money. There are newly built complexes, not crappy slums. It's total bull****. Are we living in capitalism or socialism?!! Do people forget crime is an economic issue? The lower the income level of a community, the higher the crime rate. I was rejected by one apartment because my income wasn't low enough, and was offered an inflated rental in another apartment again because of my income.
What's the logic behind this? Why are they shutting out people that can actually afford to pay for it?!!!
It's called subsidized housing. It's for the slackers who work to get welfare instead of working to stay off of welfare. In my city the leaders built a beautiful complex in an historic area. It's bautiful. It's only for section 8. Let's see how long it takes to become a slum.
What the f*** is this? Apartments discriminating against people that make more money. There are newly built complexes, not crappy slums. It's total bull****. Are we living in capitalism or socialism?!! Do people forget crime is an economic issue? The lower the income level of a community, the higher the crime rate. I was rejected by one apartment because my income wasn't low enough, and was offered an inflated rental in another apartment again because of my income.
What's the logic behind this? Why are they shutting out people that can actually afford to pay for it?!!!
I'm sure that the rent is tailored to that income.
As far as the snarky comments made by the other poster, people working on minimum wage can afford those places--and some people do only earn minimum wage, and have families to support on it--without welfare.
Low-income people often have limited options for affordable housing so, personally, I am okay with income restrictions that reserve the low-income housing for the people who NEED low-income housing. I can afford to live somewhere else, but they can't.
It's called subsidized housing. It's for the slackers who work to get welfare instead of working to stay off of welfare. In my city the leaders built a beautiful complex in an historic area. It's bautiful. It's only for section 8. Let's see how long it takes to become a slum.
ShaneSA ~~ the little saying under your nic ~~ you ought to read it.
I live in Maryland just outside DC and I've seen many with moderate incomes, i.e. 40,000+/yr, that couldn't get into decent apartments unless they opted for roommates. There aren't many subsidized apartments in the area but owners of new complexes are required to make a very small portion of their units affordable to those who aren't making over 60,000-70,000+/yr. But they do have to at least be employed and make over 30,000 or so which is way over minimum wage. I would hardly call those that qualify for the more affordable apartments slackers. And they sure as hell aren't thugs packing guns ready to increase a neighborhood's crime rate. They are usually anyone from grad students to teachers to any degree holder with a mid to low income level job. Frankly, they could be any one of the people we interact with. Who the hell knows in an economy where the cost of living gets higher while companies lower starting salaries. Bottom line is that there is an increasingly large group of people who make too much to qualify for welfare/section 8 and make too little to afford good homes in areas with with good schools for their kids. How anyone can judge the situation of such a wide group of people is beyond my understanding. There are so many factors that go into what people can afford these days when it comes to housing.
It's called subsidized housing. It's for the slackers who work to get welfare instead of working to stay off of welfare. In my city the leaders built a beautiful complex in an historic area. It's bautiful. It's only for section 8. Let's see how long it takes to become a slum.
Actually it's called Affordable Housing and has nothing to do with welfare.
We have two places here in town that have a percentage of their apartments available as affordable housing. No welfare or Section 8 allowed. The ppl that are applying for these places only make about $12 and hour and need a decent affordable place to live.
What the f*** is this? Apartments discriminating against people that make more money. There are newly built complexes, not crappy slums. It's total bull****. Are we living in capitalism or socialism?!! Do people forget crime is an economic issue? The lower the income level of a community, the higher the crime rate. I was rejected by one apartment because my income wasn't low enough, and was offered an inflated rental in another apartment again because of my income.
What's the logic behind this? Why are they shutting out people that can actually afford to pay for it?!!!
nice to see you change the saying under your name. Good job.
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nice to see you change the saying under your name. Good job. 
