Chaos unfolds as people wait to apply for housing subsidies Wednesday in Atlanta.
Posted on 08/12/2010 8:13:52 PM PDT by soakncider
A near riot took place in Atlanta after city officials staged an event to hand out applications for section 8 housing. Police estimate that 30,000 people showed up at an East Point shopping mall in hopes of being placed on a waiting list for federal housing assistance. The number was three times what officials expected and only 13,000 applications were handed out to those waiting. 11Alive reports that a line for the applications began two days ago and grew into hundreds of people late Tuesday night. Officials report that some hopeful residents slept outside of the shopping mall that houses popular nightclub Central Station despite being told that the line was unnecessary and everyone would be serviced. East Atlanta Housing Authority was stationed inside the club and on Wednesday morning when the doors did not open at 9 a.m. as promised, hundreds of people became enraged and a riot nearly took place. Witnesses report that several children and adults were hospitalized from the heat but no one was seriously injured. Check out coverage on the story below.
30,000 people? Thats exactly how many turned out at the bamster’s campaign rally in atlanta!
The stash is running low. Riots are soon to begin in Obamaville.
City officials knew this would happen. They just wanted to use this for publicity. Typical “Scream and run in circles” tactic.
Did it look like Haiti or some other Diversity Crowd-dominated nation?
Did they have riots like that in Hoovervilles that popped up during the Depression?
Imagine if the welfare checks were three weeks late. This is a preview of things to come.
It was worse than the cheese line at the Government Food Centre.
with so much property being foreclosed on, should be easy to find section 8.
Imagine if we get a financial calamity like hyperinflation or the collapse of the dollar. How will grocery stores operate (let alone get deliveries)? Will they still take food stamps?
Anyone want to be near a grocery store when they announce that they are only taking cash or (worse) precious metals?
Chaos unfolds as people wait to apply for housing subsidies Wednesday in Atlanta.
That was a Democrat’s dream: Making 30,000 blacks herd together to beg the government for housing vouchers.
I agree. I saw a poster on another site ask the following questions:
Why isn’t the form online and downloadable at the library at any time and why is there only one place in the whole metro area to turn it in?
I would like to add to that: why was there such a short window for picking up and submitting the form? Can’t these be completed as people visit social service agencies or as the need arises? They can be added to the waiting list if all spaces are filled or filed for the next round.
As nutty as some of the people acted, city officials created this atmosphere with the rules they attached to the money.
I think we’re seeing some terribly sad desperation here. Does anyone here really believe these same 30,000 folks would have need to show up for Section 8 housing applications under the Bush administration? No? Well, have entitlement programs been reduced under the Obama administration? No? Then why are these people showing up like this? Could it be that perhaps they’ve lost their jobs under the Obama administration’s destructive economic policies and because they’ve been living one paycheck away from disaster, and now have nothing? Probably yes. And, did all of these folks vote for Obama? Probably yes. Do they still support Obama? Probably yes, but probably less as each day goes by. Are they Democrats? Probably yes. Will what is happening to them change how they vote? We can only hope.
Just reinforcing Liberal principles with them... so when 2012 rolls around all it will take is "Vote Republican and no more free housing, welfare, etc.".
When I first saw the picture (and not the story) I thought it was Haiti.
The picture of the crowds reminds me of a similar picture of the people around the New Orleans Superdome during Hurricane Katrina.
Never seen so many Amish in one place!
Never seen so many Amish in one place!
Now, just imagine if something happens and there is a shortage of food in areas like this.
Give them folks they Obama money!
Glen Beck stated that this was to just sign up to get on a waiting list, not actual housing that is available.
sad.
I think maybe the mosquito nets and ripple plastic roofing shanty towns could be a future landscape if people are homeless and need shelter. Hope not.
Well .. Damn.
I got so excited about the Amish thing that I ‘just had’ to post it twice! 8)
Wait’ll they hear about the cuts to the Food Stamp Program...
all fits in with Michelle’s get lean program:)
O'Bama is getting behind on green jobs and the civilian military police forces.
Once these people get employed in those union secured positions, they won't need the section 8 housing.
This happened in East Point, a small, poor suburb of Atlanta. As you can tell by the photos they are not a sophisticated bunch. My wife would be a upset with me if I stopped there to get gas at night. The city had no idea what they were causing. They thought they would hand out some forms and be done.
I heard on the radio today they opened a drive through window to collect the applications.
Build it and they will come. Give it away and they will come.
Well .. I’ll Be Damn .. Black Amish!
I'm sure a crowd at a U2 concert looks similar from the air.
East Point is a suburb of Atlanta near the airport. Local news has reported that there are only 655 Sec 8 units in East Point. The waiting list had been depleted so East Point handed out applications yesterday for the waiting list. No units are currently available. It may take as long as 10 years for people to get off the waiting list. The waiting list last opened approximatey 8 years ago. People started camping out more than a day before the applications were available. Applicants came from all over metro Atlanta as well as from other states. East Point officials said that yesterday was a success because there were no serious injuries and no arrests.
I'm sure not with all of them. Where are these 30,000 living right now? Are they all on the streets? They are able bodied enough to stand around in the heat to get on a waiting list for hand outs that's for sure. As we've seen with all kinds of welfare, there's an awful lot of fraud that goes on.
I heard on the radio today they opened a drive through window to collect the applications.
A bullet proof one I hope
They had the famous veterans bonus march and the US Army called out to run them out of DC.
http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/snprelief4.htm
I tell you this, I sure as hell wouldn’t want to have rental properties in Atlanta.
Supposedly Section 8 is optional for landlords, but I bet that will change real soon, when denying a Section 8 voucher holder will get you sued for discrimination.
Looks like the bleeding hearts got the video now to show more public housing is needed. How many more billions will Uncle Bam and company allocate to fill that "need"?
If only they put that same effort towards looking for a job, or trying to make themselves more employable.
Articles like this are so overhyped.
The title says “RIOTS ERUPT” and then the first words of the article are “A near riot” and then later it says “a riot nearly took place.”
I clicked on the video of a HUGE crowd with hands reaching out to get applications for section 8 housing but I did not see the riot or near riot. Some pushing and grabbing but that’s about it.
The only injuries were heat related and I have seen no mention of any arrests.
I’ve seen worse at those discount wedding gown sales.
Black Fridays too.
Must be from those Required "Diversity" and "Sensitivity" classes.....
What the hell did Ben Franklin say...........”only if you keep it...??????
Local news reported problems with people getting sick from the heat. It has been in the mid 90s all week. Also, some “scuffles” broke out when people tried to cut in line. I wasn’t in East Point yesterday but I don’t think there were actual riots (watched local tv news and listened to conservative radio stations’ news accounts). Police were present in riot gear to manage the crowd.
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“Will what is happening to them change how they vote? We can only hope.”
Keep hoping.
I refuse to indulge in such fantasies.
Come 2012, just who do you think they’re going to vote for?
As many as sixty-two people were injured, with 20 taken to the hospital, including one baby that had a seizure. There were reports of two small children being trampled in the pandemonium, according to the Journal-Constitution.
http://www.aolnews.com/nation/article/dozens-injured-as-30-000-rush-for-georgia-housing-aid/19591378
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