Yup. The voucher program has destroyed one neighborhood after another.
I think all libs should be sentenced to live next door to a section 8 rental.
Long term assistance ONLY for disabled and elderly.
Two fellows in the neighborhood, both good hearted people wanting to help folks out, rented their homes to poor people under Section 8.
Both had their homes wrecked.
In one case one of the "visitors" had shot a hole in the roof one night, and in the other case the family of 12 was actually a family of 15, with "older members" who were professional burglars.
Those guys wrecked my window screens trying to break in.
This is why Section 8 landlords have bailed out.
Our plan is that the next neighbor to even think about it will be quickly kidnapped and shipped back to his own home country where he can be reminded what it was he didn't like about people who do not respect law nor person.
BTW, just about everybody here is an immigrant, so they know the deal.
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.
My wife wouldn't rent half of her old duplex to Section 8 people, even though the voucher was worth more than the income she received from renters. You can probably guess the many reasons. She could get away with it because in Massachusetts the landlord can reject Section 8 people if he lives on the property.
"Are you Section 8?"
"Yes."
"Sorry."
"You have to rent to me!"
"No I don't."
"I'm calling the housing authority!"
Click.
Great big fat ol' AMEN. Without exception, the dealers and prostitutes in my neighborhood live in Section 8 rentals: without exception. These scum are making a pretty good living through illegal activity, and those of us who play by the rules are stuck with the bill. On top of it, if and when my family tries to sell, we're going to have a difficult time because one of these properties is right next door.