[goldstategop]

Its great! This is the direction public housing should be moving... to transform perpetual wards of the state into real homeowners.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[keepitreal]

Section 8 ruins nice neighborhoods. Those who get the vouchers rarely treat their houses well, and then the whole neighborhood starts going downhill.

[wmfights]

Rather than concentrating low-income people in specified areas and housing, the agency is giving displaced families Section 8 vouchers,...

Over time the people using the sec.8 vouchers will be re- segregated into the towns that are poor. Upper class and middle class towns and neighborhoods are desirable to live in and apartments get rented without the govt. paying for it.

If you were the landlord who would you prefer as a tenant? The individual with good credit, good job and an interest in maintaining both, or the individual (usually single mom with a couple kids) with no job, no credit and no history of taking care of other peoples property.

[upchuck]

I have seen over and over brand new Section 8 housing get turned into a trash heap in less than a year by the folks living there.

I hate to say this but, for what ever reason, most folks that use Section 8 housing have little pride in their housing.

[ozzymandus]

This will fail for the same reason the projects failed. The tenants will destroy their own homes, and the entire surrounding areas.

[cowdog77]

Bums and freeloaders

[durasell]

Sec. 8 is cosmetic only. It does nothing to change the mindset. Only a job can do that.

[Kevmo]

bmflr

[<1/1,000,000th%]

Chicago did that and murders dropped by 33%.