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Your source says "Verde Point is a "luxury apartment" complex that is currently accepting public housing assistance recipients who will live there practically for free, (at least until they become gainfully employed and their incomes rise.)"
Notice the words in ( ) above. That apartment is part of some "rare" work training program, and its only temporary housing.
Your source also says "local governments pay for subsidized housing in luxury units by giving tax breaks to often-wealthy real estate developers who set aside units."
Will you attack the wealthy real estate developers who created those Sect 8 apartments?
Or will you only attack the low income Americans who live in the apartments?
Answer: You will forgive the wealthy developers who created the apartments. Then you will attack the low income Americans for temporarily living in the apartments.
I actually did attack the developers who use these programs, even though I used them. I've seen first hand how they are abused and have no problem opposing them saying they should be abolished.
I was then attacked by the left, who then defended the developers claiming things like, people would go homeless..
Absolutely. We're dealing with Section 8 problems right now in an otherwise nice neighborhood. It's heart-breaking, and one long-time homeowner has already sold out.
Before anyone has a hissy-fit, how about you spend a few years living in the midst of Section 8 housing, and then get back to me.
BTW, that article was a great read.
It certainly was. I loved this part:
"Voucher appropriations are based not only on the mistaken belief that it is necessary to award, at public expense, a better home to all who can demonstrate "need," but also that it is uplifting to do so, when in fact it is the effort to achieve the good home, rather than the good home in itself, that is the real engine of uplift."
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I'm not so sure I believe such a thing to this extent, however I used to deliver furniture when I was younger to the projects. On the outside it was your typical projects but on the inside big screen Tv's with surround sound. We were not delivering cheap furniture to them either. Hell paying $20.00 a month more of less they had no problem affording nice things along with all the food stamp they got.
What exactly are you smacking your head at ? you said they paid 20 dollars a month to rent furniture.
Do you think spending 20 dollars a month on furniture is to much money ???????
Thats just a couch, and thats financed, not a rental.
p.s. I have a couch like that out on my patio, I paid I think about $100 for it. Who wants to rent it from me? its new, probably been sat on twice, the ROI would be huge.. haha
There's no such thing as zoning for public housing. There's zoning to allow for multi-family, but it's illegal to exclude housing based upon income. And you'd be shocked at how much "public housing" probably exists in middle-income neighborhoods.
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Most people would indeed be shocked.
Does inclusionary zoning not fit the bill? Because this is what's exactly happening in that county. So I'm not sure why I should be shocked when I have seen the effects firsthand hand in these areas when I lived in MD. This has shown some profound effects in some of the schools as this link shows.
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Thats just a couch, and thats financed, not a rental.
p.s. I have a couch like that out on my patio, I paid I think about $100 for it. Who wants to rent it from me? its new, probably been sat on twice, the ROI would be huge.. haha
1. he said he delivered furniture, he didnt say how much( so saying that is just a couch doesnt matter.) He also didnt say rent( that was me).
The point of my post is that you can have it in your home for less than 20 dollars a month, Rooms to go isnt the cheapest on the block either, so you can probably buy it cheaper and rent it cheaper somewhere else.
1. he said he delivered furniture, he didnt say how much( so saying that is just a couch doesnt matter.) He also didnt say rent( that was me).
The point of my post is that you can have it in your home for less than 20 dollars a month, Rooms to go isnt the cheapest on the block either, so you can probably buy it cheaper and rent it cheaper somewhere else.
Rental rates, are weekly almost everywhere.
If it was a purchase, then the delivery people wouldn't have any knowledge if they were paid in full, or paying monthly since a sale, even if financed, would be sold to a finance company and the furniture place would be paid in advance regardless.
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