[setha]

Agreed.

They have no interest in the upkeep of the property. Income issues aside, they’d also be the ones that fail the applications process (usually background investigation).

[eastforker]

Then again you have property owners that welcome those vouchers because they own slum like properties and those are the only renters they can get.

[Socon-Econ]

Agreed.

They have no interest in the upkeep of the property. Income issues aside, they’d also be the ones that fail the applications process (usually background investigation).
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Concerning section 8, if the feds increased their compensation enough and made it easier to evict troublemakers, the landlords would eventually participate voluntarily. But this would require the government to stop viewing landlords as class enemies.