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Please remember that she is not required to answer questions regarding her reasoning, choices and income. If she has done her homework, she will already know that living in HI is expensive. If she hasn't, and is reading this thread, she will now know that it's a good idea to do so.
The rest of her personal life, above and beyond her original question, is really not any of the rest of our business, especially as low income people are almost always judged in a negative manner by people who don't share that socioeconomic class.
You basically said you can afford to move to Hawaii because your rent is capped at 30% of your income... which means you can move to a place with THE MOST EXPENSIVE RENT IN THE COUNTRY... and not worry... because the government will foot the bill.
There are 2,000+ hard-working local families in Hawaii waiting for an opportunity to obtain housing on a decade+ long list and you want to take their place in line so you can move here and be by the ocean?
Your problem is right here: "because the government will foot the bill" No, idiot. No. Your second problem is this: I AM NOT TAKING ANYTHING. I AM NOT APPLYING FOR SECTION 8 ON MAUI. Grow up. I mean really.
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The govt will "help" with your Social Security check later in life, Hootie. It's the same thing - insurance you've paid into, not a handout. Also, who can take your opinion seriously if you don't even know how to use the quote function after having made 159 posts?
Your problem is right here: "because the government will foot the bill" No, idiot. No. Your second problem is this: I AM NOT TAKING ANYTHING. I AM NOT APPLYING FOR SECTION 8 ON MAUI. Grow up. I mean really.
I am not saying you are taking handouts... and you have every right to take advantage of the system as you have paid into it. However, my point is there are both very limited VOUCHERS and very limited SECTION 8 HOUSING in Hawaii. There are struggling families here that need that housing MUCH MORE than you do.
You stated you can work but decide not to because you're entitled to your insurance benefits. The Section 8 program was OBVIOUSLY intended to help WORKING families get the assistance they need to cover the cost of living in the area THEY WORK AND RESIDE IN.
I'm sorry you take offense to this but let's be real here... you are milking your benefits to the maximum allowed so you can enjoy the beauty of Hawaii; while you get to enjoy that beauty, you have eliminated a desperately needed housing opportunity for one small hard-working local family.
Well, probably not a family since the OP's benefits only encompass a studio or one bedroom rental.
But, housing is tough for Hawaii residents and part of that is the pressure from incoming renters. Same with jobs, folks who want to "live in Paradise" are willing to work for less than local folks and that keeps the pay rate low. If it were easy to move here, then the islands would be hip deep in population, kinda like Oahu. But, folks move over to the islands, pay too much for rent and work a measly job or two while they slowly (or sometimes faster than slowly) sink into a financial morass. After working too much to enjoy the island and finally getting around to realizing that this actually isn't Paradise after all, they then go back to where ever they were before and someone else comes in to start the whole cycle all over again.
It's been like this for decades if not longer. If you can figure out how to make living in Hawaii affordable, there's loads of folks who want to know.
So with the Section 8, is there a limit to how much the rent can be? It seems the holder of the voucher only pays a certain amount, so what if a landlord were to charge three times the usual rent? Would the voucher still cover it?
So with the Section 8, is there a limit to how much the rent can be? It seems the holder of the voucher only pays a certain amount, so what if a landlord were to charge three times the usual rent? Would the voucher still cover it?
Section 8 voucher pays 70% of the fair market rent - in Honolulu, a Studio fair market rent is $1,260 so the voucher pays $882.
This is all a moot point anyway - landlords aren't offering section 8 housing.
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