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I've got one better... a family I rented to had a third child and Section 8 said they were under housed, which means Section 8 PAID the family $27 per month to stay in my 2 bedroom unit.
They were great Tenants and the Father worked 40 hours a week as a new car detail/lot guy.
Eventually they had a fourth child and Section 8 made them get a larger place.
crazy...section 8 pays people to get bigger families! If you don't made enough to support 2 kids you shouldn't be able to have a couple more at the government's expense.
I have seen working, non-section 8 families with several children have 3 kids to a room... whereas Section 8 would classify the family as being under housed because it only allows 2 children per bedroom. Sometimes it makes working families wonder why they go through all the trouble to work when life "Appears" to be so much easier on the government dole
This is interesting because I applied for Section 8 seven or eight years ago when I had 5 kids and lived in a two bedroom apt. They turned me down because I was not paying at least half of my income to rent. I even pointed out that I had too many people in a 2 bedroom and that I needed a 3 bedroom which I could not afford and she said it didn't matter.
Maybe what you stated only applies to those who are already using Section 8 and their family expands?
There really are two distinct sides of the HUD Section 8/Voucher program.
One side is called Eligibility and deals strictly with qualifying families in order to participate in the program and get on the wait list.
The other side deals with families that are already receiving assistance and experience a change in family size... either an increase or decrease or transfers
Eligibility often varies depending upon the funding the local agency has received. For example... Housing Authorities across the country received special funding to help displaced Hurricane Katrina victims or a Housing Authority may have received a grant to increase the number of certificates to Seniors or the Disabled.
HUD makes the rules, but local Housing Authorities are allowed some leeway to meet local needs.
All of my Housing Experience is limited to Alameda and Contra Costa Counties in California.
Someone told me in WA state they can evict someone for being on welfare..is this true? I cant find anything on it. I thought that wasn't allowed.
Id like to add my two cents and say that with all the drug addict, thieves, and con artists I have met who were on Welfare I would not blaim a landlord one bit for refusing to sign a lease to someone on welfare or for refusing to renew a lease.
If you already have a lease and then go on welfare I cant see how they would be able to evict you for that unless you stopped paying rent.
BTW never ever ever would I ever try to qualify a property for section 8.
However, if you have a place that tends to attract people on Section 8, its a good way to make sure you get at least most of your rent every month.
Sadly, we had a tenant that for some reason, had troubles coming up with the $8/month she was supposed to provide. I don't believe she was evicted, but the end result was her vacating the property.
did she ever consider getting a job and becoming a productive member of society?
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