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No, Section 8 is federally funded, locally administered. The income limits are determined by the median income of the area where you live.
For example, the maximum income that 1 person can have to qualify in Allegheny county, PA is $36,750.
In Miami-Dade county, it is higher, $38,100. However, due to the higher population/demand, at least 40% of the vouchers are given to those who are considered "extremely low income" ($14,300).
So basically, the Section 8 program can in fact vary from place to place in regards to your eligibility for it.
There is a specified proportion of vouchers that must go to extremely low income (<30% of median family income) households; I thought this was a federal standard and the required proportion does not vary locally.
I hear that and for me it's tougher to save because I want to go on dates from time to time so then I have to create a budget to treat somebody lol. So sometimes it can be difficult to save based on what you having coming in each month.
But what I started doing 3 months ago is taking the money off the top the day I get paid so I can pay myself first and then deal with everything else.
I tried that once and within three months was getting utility disconnect notices so I stopped doing that and brought my bills current.
I do that too; but inevitably, something ALWAYS comes up that whisks my savings away (that latest issue was that I had to get my brakes done; the time before that, I had to get new eyeglasses....)
Oh Yeah those unexpected purchases, know all about those.
I tried that once and within three months was getting utility disconnect notices so I stopped doing that and brought my bills current.
See I have to pay myself first because I remember when I was laid in 2011, I have nothing in my savings to show I worked at the company for 2 years and was disgusted at myself. So I made a promise that my next job I will make sure something is dumbed into my savings out of every check so if I was to ever be laid off again I would have something to show that I worked there and not looked like I was volunteering
See I have to pay myself first because I remember when I was laid in 2011, I have nothing in my savings to show I worked at the company for 2 years and was disgusted at myself. So I made a promise that my next job I will make sure something is dumbed into my savings out of every check so if I was to ever be laid off again I would have something to show that I worked there and not looked like I was volunteering
Would I be correct in presuming you earned more thann minimum wage?
What a sloppy question, no wonder surveys produce sloppy results.
There are plenty of available jobs.
There are no jobs AVAILABLE TO ME.
How am I supposed to answer that question?
Frankly, I thought the article was poorly written and ambiguous.
"A new survey finds that even though one out of two unemployed Americans are increasingly giving up on looking for a job, nearly all of them remain hopeful that they will find a job they “really want” in the next six months."
How do 90% think they'll get they a job they want if they have already stopped looking? Makes no sense. Also the poll was taken by Express Employment Professionals, the nation’s largest franchised staffing company? Personally, I've never heard of them--maybe others have. But I doubt they used much reliable scientific methodology in their poll. If you go to their website, it appears as if they care more about selling franchises than assisting people in finding work. Not a reliable poll.
It is entirely possible to find a crap job with a degree. I have a degree and managed to find temporary work at a factory. The low wage job market is decent, but a lot of people don't want low wage jobs. I mean if you have kids, you can make more on welfare. Plus, it is psychologically hard to take low wage jobs, so you here people throw around the word, "overqualified" because it is easier to live with parents, go on welfare/disability, or let the spouse support you than it is to swallow one's pride and take a low wage job.
I ran out of money and was hungry, so I started leaving my degree off my resume. Well, it worked. I had a low wage job in about week. Was it hard? Yes, because I had to lower my standards to take a low wage job, but you gotta do what you gotta do when you're broke. My employer did find out and I came up with some bull sh*& in my interview that I was working on changing careers. I got the job, so it worked.
Now, the middle wage job market is tough right now. I am underemployed and looking for a better job. That has been rough. I do have a few leads, but boy it is sure tiring to find something better. I really think the underemployed might just have it tougher than anyone right now. They make too much for assistance and working their asses off trying to find a better job, all why maintaining a full-time job that is less than ideal.
The low wage job market is anything but decent in northern massachusetts. If it was so good, my phone would be ringing off the hook from all the submissions I've made through craigslist, snagajob, indeed, etc. All of them say "NOW HIRING!!!" but they NEVER CALL ME.
How can I get an INTERVIEW, let alone a JOB, when they don't call me?
The low wage job market is anything but decent in northern massachusetts. If it was so good, my phone would be ringing off the hook from all the submissions I've made through craigslist, snagajob, indeed, etc. All of them say "NOW HIRING!!!" but they NEVER CALL ME.
How can I get an INTERVIEW, let alone a JOB, when they don't call me?
If you can't get a job in booming Massachusetts, come live in the South. That will show you what hard living is like.
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