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People need to get off the preconception that public housing are in bad neighborhoods and the aprtmentments are shabby. If we look at NYC, many buildings are in good neighborhoods. The residents get off street parking, in building laundry service, 24/7 security, playgrounds and open greenspace. Some buildings even have electricity included in their rents.
As to the OP, as long as they met the guidelines to get in, then they can stay there for life. Every year they have to submit a copy of their taxes and their rents are based on which tier they fit in. If their income exceeds the tiers, then they have to pay a surcharge based on their income. These surcharges can be as high as 1/3rd of their income (and not the 4% listed by another poster which is due to rent stabilization).
Well, that just made me think of a boy in my son's school. I got to know his mom and we were invited to a birthday party. He lives in section 8 housing close to us, in a nice neighborhood where the rents for 2 bedrooms start at $1100 dollars. But the problem is that the landlord doesn't do anything improve the house. On the outside it's nice but in the inside it's "****". No AC, old nasty carpets, appliances that doesn't work. I'm guessing it's up to the landlord.
Well I live in NYC so public housing projects here are usually made up of a cluster of tall buildings. They are generally for low income people on welfare or some other sort of govt assistance, although you have your share of working class tenants as well.
For the most part they are dirty. Urine soaked elevators and stairwells along with lots of drug activity. Some people make the best of their situations while some just have zero regard for their living environment.
Here's a pic of a typical housing project in NYC.
Dead on balls accurate for the majority of NYCHA buildings.
Yep. Public housing in NYC overall is nowhere near as bad as it used to be.
Not being as bad as it use to be doesn't mean that its nice. Its just less worse than what it use to be. I pass by them all the time. I see what's going on in and around them. I have a friend who works for NYCHA and still tells me stories of finding passed out junkies on the roofs and stairwells along with feces and urine found throughout the building.
Well to be honest, I cant think of many "nice" NYCHA projects. There are a few in queens that I've seen that seem rather quiet and in decent neighborhoods. I cant think of any in the BX nor Bklyn. Manhattan has First Houses located in the East Village that seem really nice to be honest. If not for the NYCHA sign I would have never guessed that this was public housing.
I think its a safe bet to say that 90% of all NYCHA buildings in NYC are less than desirable to live in with about 75% of those being flat out dangerous to live in.
Last edited by louie0406; 03-17-2015 at 01:41 PM..
That's because you don't know how to find any of the federal government websites you need.
Did you ever find any one of the 17 government websites that could possibly prove your claims regarding "wealth inequality" (snicker)?
I guess not.
A single American with no children earning $26.97/hour or $53,940 annually qualifies for HUD Section 8 in some of the 1,539 separate economies your government says exists, but which you deny the existence of.
However, even married with 6 children, the cut-off of is $101,700.
Mircea
Oh look another nonsensical attack from Mircea.
Literally only 2 words are related to my post, the rest is just a nonsense filled personal attack. Nice!
The self-centeredness and greed of some people never cease to amaze me.
To my way of thinking , this is just the same as stealing from the poor.
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