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As A RE Agent I do see it destroy neighborhoods. Let 1 apartment complex go section 8 and it drives out the good tenants. Crime increases and other nearby complex must then go section 8 to get tenants, then on and on.
Crime increases, schools go down, the cost of your home goes down and the tax paying citizen then moves out of the area.
It is a cancer that does destroys neighborhoods. Just let it happen to your home and neighborhood and see how you like the affects.
That is reality.
Reality is all real estate is local. Speak for your area.
In Arlington County, Virginia, they do not have public housing set aside for people on assistance. There are many apartments throughout the county that each have a limited number of units that accept "Section 8" vouchers. This way an entire building does not "go Section 8".
And thats part of the problem right there. Gvmt making incentives for people to not work.
Yep, 77 year olds with bad backs, bad eyes, and unable to drive should be working more not less, the GOP solution to everything, work harder, til you drop. All that is missing is the bullwhips and chains.
I hope Mitt Romney is elected and abolishes HUD. Section 8 is an awful program and needs to be dismantled. Nice areas are turning into slums because of Section 8 residents not to mention crime and school quality deteriorates.
Of course Obama made things worse.
It doesn't really matter much to me what some politician says, I will NEVER - under ANY circumstances - rent to a Section 8 tenant. It's a 100% guarantee that they're going to destroy the house.
I'll sell all my properties before I'll EVER do that.
Now what? Where do those people live? Where do you think they'll go?
Their relatives? Friends? Charity organizations?
Section 8 is a scam to shift the riff raff (I used to be one of 'em, btw---Elyton PJs represent!!!) to surrounding areas, while taking former PJ property and turning into high-end condos. Read up on Cabrini-Green, that's how these progressive "leaders" roll. Sweet talk you in your face and then stab you in the back for a quick buck.
Gee, that too bad. Because just because someone lives in a section 8 building doesn't mean there getting section 8. You need to meet income qualifications to receive it. My 77 year old mom is in a section 8 building. If she work three days a week she's fine, if she works four days a week she loses a big chunk of the rent subsidy.
If that guy you dumped had a good job he wasn't getting a rent subsidy.... Oops.
That right there is why I hate this type of policy. Work should always be encouraged.
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