Posted on 07/05/2005 10:47:31 AM PDT by marylandrepub1
It has helped millions of low-income families live in affordable housing that meets federal living standards, and helped the federal government ease the national housing crisis by allowing housing authorities to use the private housing market.<<<
It is not the Governments job to help the poor with MY MONEY. CHARITY Should be voluntary ONLY. Housing programs funded with tax dollars are unconstitutional.
One word: snakes. They will move post-haste
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Absolutely: Near where I live, I saw a house - 3Bdrm, 2Bath and A POOL for $126K. Within 30 min. of Atlanta. Within 5 minutes of a boat landing on Lake Lanier...
Yes, for all intensive purposes...
I'm familiar first hand with this situation. My Dad lived off of Section 8 funds for years. That was after he sponged off of relatives for close to 20 years. My Grandmother died and he had to go on welfare. There wasn't anything wrong with him, other than being epileptic(medically controlled) and some bursitis. He just didn't want to work. At long as he had someone else taking care of him, he wasn't about to lift a finger.
We tried calling the cops. There's nothing they can do.
My folks installed cameras - but that doesn't do much either. The cops told them they can't legally record voices, so all they have is video and you can't hear what the people are saying.
I told them not to go to the media because they could be portrayed as grumpy people just not wanting to "give the poor family a chance."
The rest of the neighbors complain privately but are too scared to go to the police. I ended up being the one reported because I confronted the POS family.
Nothing can be done. My folks are losing their house that was paid off through their hard work. That they were supposed to be enjoying in their golden years. Gee, thanks, Pres Bush.
Meanwhile, the POS HUD family gets to "own" a house courtesy of taxpayer subsidies, yet they are able to afford two new cars, a swimming pool, all the things we, the taxpayers, can't afford. Unbelievable.
Does anyone know if illegals can get Sect. 8 assistance or something like that from the feds or stategov?
I had the privilege of living next door to a Sect. 8 "family". This was one hell of an extended family, with at least four women living there, each with her own brood and a revolving door of "male roll models". When they moved in the vermin moved out in disgust. When the slum landlord dropped dead and the house was subsequently sold to a nice family, I had to confess to jubilation at another human being's demise.
You beat me to it. "Next store"!? LOL. If only I could of [sic] been here sooner! ;O)
LOL.
"Penguins don't come from next store, they come from the Ant-arctic."
To quote that well-known, old Creedence Clearwater Revival song, "There's A Bathroom On The Right." Maybe it's right next store to Ant-arctica?
Maybe this was an isolated incident, but when I perceive that my kids are in danger, I don't care about the 'odds.' I only want safety.
I guess if some tennants don't own it, they don't care if it's trashed or not!!! We now have (so far) clean tennants who pay the rent on time and hopefully they will appreciate our hard work.
Unforeseen Kelo side effect?
Or (gasp!) get a job.
"Within 30 min. of Atlanta. Within 5 minutes of a boat landing on Lake Lanier..."
You would have to drive really fast...It takes half an hour to get to Atl from Roswell if there is no traffic.
"this was caused by ONE house and ONE renter."
Could have been ended by ONE neighbor with ONE match ;)
I have a Section 8 tenant next door to me. Mother, father & 2 kids. It's a small bungalow....3 small bedrooms.
So far they've been fine, but the kids are little.
My gripe is that the owner of the house, who moved 200 miles away, gets $1800 a month. I don't know what the tenants pay of that amount. I'm guessing around $400.
But my point is, that $1800 is not the going rate. If he rented it to someone other than section 8, he would get about $1300 to $1500 a month.
So naturally he chose section 8, plus the check from the govt. goes directly to him. Guaranteed rental income.
The fact that the govt. pays way above the going rate is a disgrace. In addition, people that can afford to pay the going rate are not getting these places.
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