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Originally Posted by foxyknoxy
Automatic section 8 doesn’t exist to my knowledge.
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Really??? Maybe I am wrong, kinda confused about the whole public housing system. Maybe different states work differently, I am not in NYC, but my parents are in NYC, all my posts are actually on the behalf of my parents (low income senior).
Here is the information I found on wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing)
Actually, I was talking about "project-based" section 8, this is typically offered in NYC housing lottery program. When a building is developed/managed by third party and the housing units are offered to low income family. As long a low income family is accepted into the building, then the family will automatically qualified for section 8. If the family moves out of the building, the family cannot bring the section with them, since it is project based section 8, so the section stays with the building for the next move-in low income family. The section 8 works behind the scene, low income family may NOT need to apply for section 8 directly, but there is section 8 money moved from government to third party. Otherwise, how can the third party manages the building?
While tenant-based section 8 is typically for private resident landlord, low income family can bring section 8 to any private landlord as long as the private resident landlord. In many places, I don't think NYC is still accepting new applications anymore:
https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nycha/sect...pplicants.page
In many states, if people is already receiving tenant-based section 8, then that people is unlikely accepted into project based section 8(public housing), since resource is limited and there are many people are still on the wait-list. That is why some people does not want to apply for tenant-based section and rather wait for public housing.
There are also public housing buildings directly managed by government, I don't want to go into too much details, but in general, I believe there is also section 8 behind the scene. To my understanding, section 8 is more about federal money, for local government public building, it is also kinda building based section 8, as long as low income family moves into the building, the section 8 money is transferred from federal government to local government. For example(the numbers are just made up), if a low income family move into the government directly managed money, based on income, the family only need to pay $300 for the rent and federal government offers additional $700 to local government in order for the local government to maintain/manage the building. If the family moves out of the building, the next low income family moves into the place, based on the next family's income, the family only needs to pay $200 rent, then federal government will offer $800 to local government.
Government directly managed housing building is a more traditional way to offer housing assistance. But I think government is low efficient, and there are more people looking for housing assistance. Then the government turns to private market for additional housing: asking the third party to develop building; asking private landlords to offer additional rooms.
The whole housing assistance program's funding source is more relied on federal government(local government may also have funded some money), then managed by local government. It is just like medicaid program, eventually, money mainly comes from federal government. A lot of welfare programs' funding source mainly come from federal government.
To sum up into three categories:
1) Government directly managed building for low income families: not sure how funding source works, but I think the section 8 also works behind the scene, let me also call it project based section 8 (based on Wikipedia definition). Money moves from federal government to local government. It is also meaningless to talk about this category.
2) Third party developed/managed building for low income families: since third party is not charity, there is also no donation source for such buildings. So there must be some money moving from government to third party. Let me also call it project based section 8. It is also something working behind the scene.
3) Private landlord offered room for low income family: tenant based section 8, money transferred from government to private landlord.
Please correct me if I am wrong.
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