Landlords Find Ways To Reject Section 8 Tenants In Spite Of California Laws

[@lw3269]

I have Section 8 tenants in just one apartment. They get 95% of their rent covered, heating assistance, monthly cash stipends, food stamps, and free health insurance. In their driveway sits a brand new Camaro and a brand new Cadillac Escalade. They are home all day and don't respond to messages before noon, when they wake up.

[@beatit-xy1nh]

That's non of your business

[@jysfo5728]

Sounds like the landlord should report the fraud these Section 8 tenants are committing...

[@worldchanges10]

There losers have had freebies on all angles from this system from parents passing down to their children so that they are used to this system and their actions are spilling out into our society from braking in into businesses, homes as squatters talking back even when they are wrong during this downturn economy

[@ashrpblond]

well your really not allowed to have a car that is valued over 10,000 unless someone is disabled

[@bsmiddy236]

@@beatit-xy1nh keep beating it jacka$$.....of course it is a landlords business

[@MAURICZZIO1]

Instead of complaining vouchers are not accepted ASK WHY NOT? SECTION 8 TENANTS DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PROPERTY. THEY SEE IT AS A RIGH THAT THE GOVERMENT PAYS FOR THEM.

[@yankinwaoz]

This is the thing I don’t understand about S8. All these people discuss income discrimination. And that LLs the refuse S8 are discriminating. It’s not that at all. But what they fail to mention is that S8 requires the LL to sign a contract to play by the HAs rules. Not the LLs rules. That’s the issue. If a LL doesn’t want to sign the contract that comes with the income, then that is not discrimination. How is that any different than if I was renting a place and I told the LL that if he accepts me as a tenant, then he also has to agree to a bunch of rules that I made up? He would tell me to get lost. That is why LLs refuse S8. It’s all the stupid rules, red tape, and special privileges granted to to S8 tenant that they don’t like.

[@eddie-xi6ls]

Great Video. I've had Section 8 tenants for over 25 years here in California. I now have three with no problems. One has been living in the same house for some 20 years, She started out paying a fraction of the rent and for the past year is paying a the rent and shortly will "graduate" from the program which is what Section 8 strives for. Through the years I've had 9 Section 8 tenants and had a problem with ONE. At one time her share of the rent was $10 (yes ten dollars) and she was always late. The most her share was $198 for a three bedroom house. She didn't work (every time I went there she was in bed). She did drive a four or five year old Lexus. After about ten years I finally evicted her. After I got a court order to evict her I went with the Sheriff to lock her out but out of the kindness of my heart gave her two days to move out. She did move out and left the house a real mess and found out where her money went........she left box after box from a shoe company. She was buying shoes by the gross. I sent pictures to Section 8 and assume she lost her housing voucher benefit since they called me to get all the information such as pictures and copies of the eviction. By the way I completely agree that the majority of homeless people like their situation ..........they want no part of a structured lifestyle.

[@TheTramp_962]

Why on earth should any landlord or property owner be forced to accept S8?

[@ashrpblond]

because we are people too and its a type of discrimination

[@willywonka69xx]

​@@ashrpblond you are people, true. People on section 8 are bad tenants, also true. Why would I rent to bad tenants?

[@jonathanjones3126]

​@ashrpblond go get a job and pay taxes, relying on others to support you is a quick way to become their slave.

[@BusArch42]

They shouldn’t be. Especially if the renter doesn’t meet credit score requirements. Many in California are requiring 720 to rent.

[@skylarsitu4913]

No lie.. my section 8 tenants RUINED my property. I can see why landlords are refusing.

[@kimberlynnearazi9381]

My niece is in an ongoing battle now with a HACLA tenant who is destroying her property inside and out. She was "grandfathered" in through the death of her mother, the original tenant during the S19. Section 8 told her she has to keep the tenant and make repairs to the property that tenant is destroying. None of the peoe with Section 8 or useless city councilpersons ignore you. If she decides to evict the tenant she must pay $25000 relocation fees. Once you rent to these people, you're STUCK with them NO MATTER WHAT. THIS IS WHY MOST PROPERTY OWNERS REJECT THESE FINANCIAL PARASITES!!!

[@claudiabell9248]

Kimberly, just stop lying anytime you want to. Get some integrity girl.

[@kimberlynnearazi9381]

@@claudiabell9248 I don’t use social media to feel important or lie. You must feel triggered about the prospect of losing your lifetime generational housing accommodation.🤣🤣🤣CORRECTION: KIMBERLYNNE. Carry On Ms. Recipient 🤣🤣🤣

[@CandiCastillo11]

the crazy part about being on the waiting list for years to be approve for a section 8 vouchers is that those people sit and wait to get approve not doing anything about their situation. the government offers job training some even pay for you to go back to school and get a certificate its there but they refuse to use the resources that is available to them. instead they do interviews and complain about how long they have been waiting ? why let the government determine when you get approve or where you can live when you can do it all by yourself? that's embarrassing.

[@ashrpblond]

you have no idea what people did in the meantime of waiting. most of us are not sitting and counting the days. what an idiiotic thing to say..

[@CandiCastillo11]

@@ashrpblond than that means you apply to my comment enough said.

[@JenniSolis]

@@ashrpblond what idiotic is that you cant spell also you still remained on the waiting list and still go on section 8 whether you were approved or not which means you're a bum . You probably didn't utilize the services she mention to begin with lol i was once on food stamps i took advantage of their services got my CNA certificate and now i am an RN this was 9 years ago. you're proof that your willing to do nothing but still wait for a voucher.

[@willywonka69xx]

​@@ashrpblond it was sure as heck not going to school or working a second job...

[@kendrahansen1175]

​@@ashrpblond Yes, it is wrong to say all Section 8 applicants are doing that but, based on experience, a very large number of Section 8 recipients want to be in that program because they can work less or not work at all. They also learn how to stay on that program by purposely doing poorly on interviews, intentionally getting fired or bouncing around through all of the educational programs to stall and remain getting their benefit. Some even work under the table and they can afford to pay the full rent without the Section 8 subsidy. These fraudulent people are then able to afford designer clothes and better cars than the tenants who are working two or three jobs so that they don't have to be on Section 8. Where did I get this information? No, I did not make it up. I heard about these tricks straight from Section 8 recipients and I have personally seen what they spend their money on because I've worked with them for decades. Some Section 8 recipients definitely need the help and I have no problem with that but a large number of Section 8 recipients need to start working more or they need to take advantage of the educational programs Section 8 offers so that they can eventually get off the program and become independent.

[@dianeal7145]

Private owners to property shouldn't be subjected to accepting S8 or any government overreach that they have no business making laws on privately owned property forcing owners to follow a law on property that is not publicly owned.

[@karnubawax]

Exactly. We have something called the 4th Amendment. Seems like a lot of commenters here are saying the government should just take their properties and give it to S8ers.

[@kimroller3609]

If you can afford to wait a decade for a section 8 voucher and you are not disabled, you can figure how to support yourself and your family.

[@BrightAmbition]

I feel like mostly disabled and people who cannot work should get vouchers. The people that can work and are abled bodied should just be able to pay decent rent.

[@pinchebruha405]

Section 8 pays the problem is the people who ruin it for everyone else on the program. A landlord should be able to take out the trash when necessary. But section 8 makes it impossible to get rid of horrible tenants that don’t take care of the place let alone ruin everything being or are horrible people gangbangin addicts worst of the worst baby mama drama and you can’t do anything about it. Just noooooooo.

[@ashrpblond]

your wrong but you are not worth my time

[@bsmiddy236]

@@ashrpblond hahahhaahha....get some more hot pockets!!!

[@freckles2720]

NJ has Source of income Discrimination law. No matter if a single family home and/or owner occupied it is forbidden to mention anything about ‘no section 8, not approved for section 8, won’t pass section 8 inspection’, etc. What recipients are told to do is record/video screenshot the LL , Ad, property manager, real estate agent who and seek injunctive relief. This is not stopping LL from not wanting to participate in a voluntary program. HUD refuses to acknowledge what Tony states how LL do not want to wait for inspection, delays with payments, tenant sneaking addition folks in the unit, rent increase processes being told what is the reasonable rent increase, process of eviction is more tedious, Why is it there are move in inspections but not move out inspections for the tenant to fix. Wouldn’t this cut down on destructive tenants?

[@jimmyday9536]

Section 8 is not a source of income. If it were, the tenants would pax income tax on it.

[@sidwhiting665]

@@jimmyday9536 , precisely, but somehow the Govt shoe-horns it in as a source of "tax free" income. * I would also argue it's not income because in states the allow garnishment of income to satisfy judgments it cannot be garnisheed or levied. The payment also cannot be used for anything other than housing and possibly a portion of utilities. * To sum up: if Sec8 is income, then it's tax-free, highly-restricted income. Therefore, it should not count toward the income requirements I have for my rentals which takes into consideration the fact that if a tenant doesn't pay, my plan for recourse is obtain a judgment and garnishee their income.

[@bsmiddy236]

@@sidwhiting665 It's worse than that it's our tax money!

[@RJEngle1]

My father used to have rental properties and eventually refused to rent to section 8 tenants. More often than not, they destroyed the property. He started doing credit checks, employment checks and background checks and the problem tenants all but disappeared. Once in a great while, there was still a problem tenant.

[@toycarpgmr]

Had Section 8 tenants. Never again.

[@paulk9985]

Same here.

[@Feminichole]

They tore up my father’s house and moved in multiple unauthorized tenants. Never again. Property was sold.

[@ThatDoesntWorkForMeBrother]

Part of the problem is presentation. No respectable landlord is going to accept your Section 8 if you conduct yourself like a buffoon. Being respectful is not a sure thing, but the chances of getting a room is much higher and the landlord may work with you in getting a room (Assuming your background check doesn’t have a bunch of red flags and having an income that’s two or three times the rent certainly doesn’t hurt). Just my two cents and from my experience.

[@seredin]

Managed S8 for time in the past. I would never rent, lease or house anyone on S8. The 10% who are trying are not worth the issues the 90% who live off the government as a way of life bring.

[@charlesphilhower1452]

Just the inability to raise the rent to market level is reason enough to not accept Section 8😊

[@ConnieThomasson-JohnLScott]

Yes, indeed! I sold my condo because I was too afraid to rent it out again! Landlords hardly have any rights! I already had to evict once and I'll never do it again!

[@7jandi7]

I have had to do several evictions because people that get free rent their whole life never feel they need to pay their portion and I'm talking about $75 to 200 for rent. People know very well, how to scam the system.

[@lukecat3825]

As a landlord that tried to allow section 8 tenants, my first and only experience killed that kindness. The rep tells me they will pay 90% of the rent and the tenant will pay 10%. No deposits but it’s the government. 3 months later they tell me they are now going to only pay 60%. No appeals. Of course miss deadbeat doesn’t pay her 40%. Her non existent co tenant boyfriend gets mad and she locks herself in the bathroom. He kicks in the door which also break the full wall mirror. She runs to the bedroom. He kicks it in. She runs to the second bedroom. He kicks it in. Section 8 sees she has a man living there with drug and violence issues and drops her from the program and pays me 0%. Of course she pays nothing. They trash the carpet and screened porch and the plumbing before an eviction goes through. Section 8 says they don’t pay such damages to go sue the deadbeat. It costs me thousands of dollars plus months of lost rent to get back to normal. So let’s all guess why I am no longer interested in section 8. Why do I no longer trust the government programs. Yeah, because I’m mean and heartless. That makes sense.

[@magiccarpet9172]

Yup

[@iccsmmc]

Had a similar one and only section 8 lessee from LAHD. Never again unless the City puts up 3 to 4 times the usual deposit and even then, like you said the City could cut them off and it would take months to get them out!!

[@linkspider]

Yep thats the catch

[@fremontusc]

Correction… California state law requires you to consider Section 8 applicant. You are not required to accept the tenant.

[@robgrey6183]

OK, so I'll give them an application, let them fill it out and waste their time, and then rent to somebody else. Easy peasy!

[@billydanzz]

What needs to be figured out is how to find 'work-arounds' for people who exploit the care/service animal regulations and then show up with 2 or 3 dogs, etc. It's one thing to be required to rent to them...but it's another level of insult to be prohibited from charging them a pet fee for the extra wear and tear that comes from a unit full of animals.

[@7jandi7]

You can thank Karen Bass and the city council for this

[@billydanzz]

@@7jandi7 It's federal ADA, powered through the DOJ. But I get the gist of what you're saying about Bass and her cohorts.

[@7jandi7]

@@billydanzz Karen Bass just enacted the worst changes for owners in a long time. As a law maker under covid she allowed tenants to live free for 3 years (even though most worked making hazard pay plus washes plus federally Stimulus plus no requirement to pay most other bills others receiving more in unemployment than they made before ) now she is allowing tenants to squat rent free for a month and they must be over $1700 behind on rent to evict. She spent 50 million in 4 months with zero accountability required and now just received $250million to use hotels for homeless. As a law maker for the last 10 years plus she's supported spent over 60million on temporary hotel vouchers for homeless. The LApd blew up over 12 homes they relocated these people in hotels, never rebuilt the homes and now the City Council /Mayor Bass is evicting them from the hotel. So she can evict but mom and pops with very little extra money have to loose their life savings.

[@rochelleanderson2999]

I thank God that I was blessed with a beautiful Condo while on section 8… I did apply for the unit without disclosing I had a section 8 voucher. I waited until after the walk through and asked if the owner would consider accepting it… I did not have the best credit at the time but I was a LVN working at the county jail and was also attending nursing school..as of today, I’m a married Registered nurse with 4 children and still on section 8. The program has helped my family grow… this year we’re getting off section 8 and becoming income property owners to be an asset to section 8 families like myself.

[@keithconti6057]

section 8 usualy means parties twice a week, cops at door 3 times a month, roaches, fights, gunshot, ect

[@ashrpblond]

and yet again if you get reported to housing for parties then you can get in trouble and if you have contact with police 3 times a month you are going to get blacklisted from housing vouchers the rest of your life..everyone on here acts like they know what is up

[@bsmiddy236]

@@ashrpblond and if you don't rent to section8 you mitigate your risk.

[@willywonka69xx]

​@@ashrpblond so, explain to me, WHY A landlord would want to risk extra trouble? Why would a landlord (myself) pick section 8 with the risk and extra paperwork? Frankly, there is a stigma to section 8, and it's not good...

[@sblijheid]

So, she can't afford an apartment, but goes to college for a useless degree? Unless you have a Phd, a degree in psychology is not marketable. Next thing you know, she's on the news complaining about student loans. These people are their own problem.

[@elementgypsy]

If section 8 had a separate thing for disabled and elderly it would run better. I just got a voucher, I am an excellent tenant. I once owned a home. Could not keep up with maintenance and disabled, so an apartment is best. Not every section 8 is a dirt bag. There are plenty of regular renters that are

[@AlexandraPasoFinos]

If Section 8 would pay the landlords for any damages caused by the tenants, then landlords would be more apt to accept vouchers.

[@nopereradicator]

It would bankrupt/destroy the system from within and they know this.

[@AllFather-TheStoicGod]

No, they wouldn't. Here in NYC our projects are 95% tenants on programs and they run at a consistent deficit. The landlord *IS* the City of New York and for the last three months a specific program hasn't paid tens of thousands of tenants rent. So, in essence, one city agency can't pay another. Their own math isn't mathing.

[@AlexandraPasoFinos]

@@AllFather-TheStoicGod I am in Florida, so a whole different set of rules down here. I had Section 8 tenants twice and I got tired of dealing with the govt. Those were the first and last tenants I would ever rent to on Section 8 and both had been regular tenants before they qualified for vouchers. They flunked one rental for a loose handle on the fridge (tenant said it was hers and it passed), and leaves in the gutters. They didn't do a lot of damage, but the security deposits didn't cover it, so no more Sect.8 for me.

[@AllFather-TheStoicGod]

@@AlexandraPasoFinos I understand; my father has had rentals in Coral Springs (Sherwood) and he tried Section 8 once, same as in the Bronx, one time: both experiences, while a decade apart, ended the same terrible way. The people are the problem, not the system as a whole. The people's mind set (most engineered by it becoming generational) makes the system inoperable coupled with too many on it.

[@AlexandraPasoFinos]

@@AllFather-TheStoicGod Generational is right - my 2 Section 8 tenants were an older mother (and boyfriend) in one house and her daughter and her 3 kids in another. The older woman was upset that she had worked her whole life for cash under the table and now she couldn't collect Social Security and she couldn't understand if you don't pay in, you don't collect when you retire. She went on to complain several of her relatives were collecting disability when they weren't disabled and all she got was free rent, medical and food stamps.

[@harryhunter7872]

I require a $50 fee to run background checks and if the potential tenant doesn’t pay that it’s easy to reject. If the rent is over the Sect 8 allowed rent they don’t qualify.

[@dianecelento4974]

Exactly, and that's easy for me to do because I'm in Southern Ca. where we are now required to take sec. 8 tenants.

[@andreag8666]

In California you are limited to the fees charged to run background checks.

[@andreag8666]

@@dianecelento4974 That’s false information you are not allowed to discriminate but you can not want them as a tenant for other reasons. You are NOT required. LA has sone attorneys they pay so getting out of that is rough

[@harryhunter7872]

@@andreag8666 If they don’t qualify for the rent required Sect 8 won’t pay and won’t allow the tenant to live there

[@dianecelento4974]

@@harryhunter7872 Yes! Thank you!

[@YoPhocFays]

I always say....Money moves mountains. Make it profitable to take the risk, then you won't have a problem finding landlords for section 8

[@davidwilliams5407]

Excellent point!

[@ashrpblond]

if you mean they give you more money than the lease says that is not allowed at all

[@bsmiddy236]

WELL SAID

[@YoPhocFays]

@ashrpblondfreedzhokhar No, that's not what I meant. They can offer above market rate, guarantee repairs that their section 8 tenants create or cut down the bureaucracy when dealing with a program. Those are all negatives that steer landlords from renting to section 8. If I'm going to get paid the same amount renting to a regular tenant, why would I go through the hassle of renting to section 8?

[@MikoRuffin-MikoInTheCity]

I am a landlord , and honestly my cash tenants give me more hell then my section 8 tenants . The fact you are stereotyping is CRAZY . I have cash tenant who house is sooo nasty , i had to call the city and my section 8 tenant has multiple children and home 10x cleaner . People who think like u shouldnt be landlords . People are people with asst. or without

[@christinehopping]

When I downsized into a smaller home, I thought about renting to Section 8, they told me that I had to remove my beautiful rose garden, because the thorns were too dangerous for kids. I opted to call a real estate agent and sold the house. The rules are unrealistic. I am so glad I never got into section 8.

[@iccsmmc]

And if a child was pricked and had medical bills they would most likely find one of the LA Lessee lawyers and sue you! You dodged a bullet by just selling!

[@christinehopping]

@@iccsmmc Spot on. Our legal system definitely rewards the foolish and human sloths.

[@claudiabell9248]

Because of a rose bed? No one told you that. You just wanted to get in on the bashing, blaming and lying on section 8. Shame on you! Where's your momma?!!!

[@senster45]

Those are standard requirements. This attorney knows it - he’s just talking bS. Does he actually want us to not have requirements? Why don’t they attack CC companies or banks? Why doesn’t he fix the section 8 system? That’s when you’ll get more landlords to accept it.

[@sidwhiting665]

"Why don’t they attack CC companies or banks?" . CC companies and banks own the politicians. There are always exceptions for them.

[@AllFather-TheStoicGod]

*"Nature will find a way."* ~ Some guy in some dinosaur movie.

[@freckles2720]

This is why I am in favor of time limits for some of S8 voucher holders. Get them off the system. Enable them to improve their skills to be able to sustain themselves. If they are not improving their skills after the time limit then they are withdrawn from the program and are barred from reentry in any voucher list nationwide. The dependency needs to subside. Heck if you loose your job and collect unemployment benefits there is a time limit before you are cut off so why not for some voucher holders as well?

[@andreag8666]

I agree except one person I have had a lot of medical issues. She’s a great tenant. She considers it her home. The place is kept impeccable. As for the other one how can you be on this and in school for a decade??? It’s very odd.

[@ashrpblond]

well naturally freckled those freckles have gotten to you...people are on it because they don't make alot of money and need help it isn't unemployment it is a way to help the less fortunate have a place to live. i hope none of you all ever need help..most of the people that are on it are disabled or they take care of a family member that is disabled. you all should look at facts before opening your trap

[@bsmiddy236]

@@ashrpblond YOU NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP!!!!! So give us the statistics proving what you just said.

[@Blah-blah-sure]

Thank you, it shouldn't be a lifestyle!

[@freckles2720]

@@ashrpblond oh please my freckles have gotten to me and a whole lot of others who similarly feel the same way. Enough with indefinite government dependency.

[@chefbuns]

Dear Tony, I am homeless. I neither have a drug, mental health or alcohol issue. I am in Southern California and my disability (I have had over 30 surgeries since 1987) is not enough to cover bills and rent. In the last 10-15 years the cost of living and the income amount have separated exponentially and since the pandemic began that amount difference has at least tripled. The is an INCREDIBLE amount of people currently “homeless” that 3 yrs ago you would have rented to without a second thought and now you are lumping them into a category that they do not qualify for because of some difficult times. Your assessment of why someone is homeless may have once been accurate but that thinking no longer applies. Go out and get to know some people in my situation and you might get surprised!! BTW, I currently live in my minivan and would really love the ability to not but I am unsure that will happen here in SoCal!! Thank you for your time!!

[@RealEstateAndLandlordNews]

Your hard life situation is not the responsibility of a landlord. I will repeat, WE ARE NOT SOCIAL WELFARE PROVIDERS, HOMELESS SHELTERS, OR YOUR PARENTS!!

[@linkspider]

Landlords are investors not gamblers until they take a chance on a tenant, so they look for the more responsible stable ones to raise their odds of having a good tenant. Banks turn problem mortgages and loans down all the time no one gets mad at them.

[@avalongmail]

This ABC7 news segment is from a long time ago, they just keep changing the date on the website for when it was aired. A landlord IS required to accept a tenant with a section 8 voucher...so that means the news segment is old, or the person that said a landlord is not required to accept section 8 has not done their homework in @7:02 in this video because as of 2020 it is a state law to accept a potential tenant on the program. As for being a landlord I have had good and bad tenants that were not on section 8, I never participated in the program until the new law took effect in 2020 and now have about 5 tenants on the program scattered in some of my buildings, but I have not had any issues with any of them yet. None of the neighbors complained about anything they have done either. The only issues I have had from tenants are usually college kids, whose parents are their co-signers and paying their rent...those tenants are usually loud, but they are college aged kids, so I am not surprised. But I have not had any issues with the 5 tenants I now had on section 8, two of those section 8 tenants are Military Veterans as well.

[@JC-rn5kc]

I will never rent to a Section 8 tenant ever again. I did twice living in the Long Beach area. Both tenants caused never but trouble, paid their rent portion about $100 three times, then told me be happy you get the money from Section 8.

[@hecatearadia1959]

I have rented to section 8. Both times disasters; stealing, violence, but the current one is a piece of work. Shouted at me for enforcing the lease, to pull weeds, elder abuse. Then he bangs on the walls if he even hears the new tenant brushing her teeth. Scaring her and her 3 children, stands outside shouting like a lunatic if even the slightest noise. He is a christian who prays all day between banging and shouting. Refuses to move and leaves the rent in a insecure box to be stolen from, when I live next door, all the way down the road, to a mailbox nobody uses do to theft, but he insists on doing it and wants me to go up and down the road till he is in the mood, and I am bed ridden, the shouting and the threats of violence, and I just put on the 90 day notice, I do not want to no longer participate in section 8 without doing a 7 page legal document which will lead him to go more violent on all of us, mother, elder and kids up here. This is what happens when you try to be kind, you get these types and now I have to waste money and get a lawyer.

[@lillianvgrant]

The opening got me. How are they restricting people by asking for a deposit, application fee, security fee. These are required from everyone. So you get a low income pass. 🧐 Going to college is a luxury. She could easily get a job and child support to take care of her family. Ugg People act like every who has rental property is a millionaire, some of these people use this money for their bills, their home, their life. Why should they suffer because they made good decisions? Doesn't make sense.

[@JC-rn5kc]

It's time for her to get a job, stop being a professional student!

[@Blah-blah-sure]

Just say no! Save yourself from ruination!

[@ashrpblond]

if you say you don't rent to section 8 that is against the law

[@Blah-blah-sure]

@@ashrpblond So?, and my answer is still no!

[@willywonka69xx]

Yeah...say all are welcome to apply....then pick best of the litter which is never a section 8 person.

[@Blah-blah-sure]

@@willywonka69xx Exactly. Thank you. And that’s what I do.

[@willywonka69xx]

@@Blah-blah-sure Be careful how you say no. I think some people call and see if they get denied so they can have a lawsuit...I have YET to have a voucher person apply with decent credit...so it's been basically a non-issue. Most voucher people don't want to apply when they hear ALL adults must pay an application fee, be checked, and so on. Then when they hear it's a third party organization that does the screening more drop off.

[@jeretso]

My state passed more laws like this during the pandemic so I hired a property management company to deal with all the red tape. They charge me 10% of everything so rent went up to cover the cost. My property manager's business is booming too as mom & pops need help dealing with all these laws. I have another property that doesn't have management and tenant is easy to deal with so I did not raise rent for 3 years.

[@pinchebruha405]

You know California is a beautiful and expensive state. What are we doing subsidizing the poor who can’t and don’t have to pay taxes can’t afford to live in the state, no tax revenue collected by those 700k middle class that left because they’re getting taxed out, we’re replacing the working middle class with Thè subsidized poor this is the solution for California. If you can’t afford to live in California move there’s plenty of states where their lives could get better

[@ashrpblond]

we don't pay taxes really i wasn't aware of this. and who in the hell do you think you are..if you are poor you shouldn't live in california ...gtf out i guess we should just go to the nearest dump and live ..screw u

[@bsmiddy236]

@@ashrpblond if you can't afford to live there then you need to move somewhere you can afford...good god are you that stupid!

[@claudettedoyley9056]

​@@bsmiddy236 I guess so.

[@karnubawax]

@@bsmiddy236 Exactly. No one has a RIGHT to live in Beverly Hills.

[@7jandi7]

Section 8 was a fabulous program back in the day, especially for New land lords who never had money, but worked really hard to save. Which includes many minority in foreign born owners. We didn't mind taking section 8, because we had no bias against poverty, and we thought we were doing a service by helping. While pulling ourselves out of poverty. It was simply you kept your credit good you saved up all your money doing almost nothing fun, You bought an affordable building in a rough neighborhood and the rent payment from the city was just barely enough to cover cost. If you came out of pocket a little bit, it's OK because over time you felt like it'll be worth it . 2 if the tenant became a drug dealer, a drug attic, moved people in that we're not supposed to be there / destroyed the property or destroyed the safety or piece of living for others, the section 8 program would kicked the tenants off the program forever. Free = good behavior, safety for other tenants. Now free = zero accountability, zero requirement to pay their portion zero requirement to follow the law zero requirement to be courteous of the neighbors. The city required the tenant to be held accountable to agreed local laws just like every other tenant. Now because the section 8 department wants to keep the federal funding which decreases when the tenant caseload declines, they allow any type of behavior. All other tenants are forced to either live afraid, uncomfortable and often unsafe. The hard working landlord often a minority who came from humble beginnings (NOT WEALTHY CORPORATE INVESTOR) saved & sacrificed while others traveled bought cars clothes & partied, are Left paying expensive fees, spend an incredible amount of time and effort to get the tenant out. Loosing good tenants. When the small property owner realizes all their time and money is being depleted by these horrible tenants, the good intended middle-class hard-working landowner sells the property to a major corporation or builder. Condos go up that no one low income can buy. It's very simple. So keep attacking private ownership. Keep thinking everything should be free. Keep removing any kind of ethical, moral social order in the sake of so called "compassion", and keep watching government buy up all the land and the billionaires get more wealthy. While Affordable housing declines.

[@casienwhey]

if I was a landlord and was required to take in a section 8, I'd just tell them I wanted a rental history and would require names and phone numbers of prior landlords (which I would call and interview). If I didnt get a stellar rental history, Id note that in a file and decline them as a tenant.

[@claudiabell9248]

That's the procedure for any renter. Its a good thing you're not a landlord for anybody.

[@worldchanges10]

So landlord on section 8 should also have their own laws on moving out inspection, law on rent payments and law on damages responsible individual before renting out so landlord doesn’t have to deal with the court

[@jimmyday9536]

The whole concept of people dependant upon Government for basic housing needs is bad. It creates a permanent underclass who now have no motivation to do better, and an entire class of people who now look to the Government for their every need.

[@JSmith-sf9rn]

The continent of Europe would disagree.

[@jonathanjones3126]

Europe has had its defense costs paid for by the usa since world War 2, its time to make Europe pay for its own costs.

[@casualbrowser407]

Actually - Europe would highly agree. I have lived in both GB and France, and they do have permanent underclass thanks in part of government housing assistance. Social mobility IMO is markedly lower in these two countries compared to USA.

[@claudettedoyley9056]

If the working class, have to do applications and background check, credit check. Why do they fell their exempt.

[@mamabubbles423]

In California, it takes 13 years to be approved. A lot of people move out of state to get approved and then move back

[@ashrpblond]

yep it took me 10 years its crazy

[@freckles2720]

NJ voucher amounts are below what market rate. S8 tenants in NJ are having a difficult time finding units in their voucher amount.

[@JSmith-sf9rn]

I told someone with Section 8 that this could happen and she got so angry at me. I was just trying to give her a heads-up.

[@delnamanor7075]

It's a free country. Move where you can afford. It's ridiculous to require Beverly Hills to put up "affordable housing".

[@loveanarchy8488]

Do these people pay tax on these vouchers? Is it considered income? What's the difference if you are collecting a pension (from the same source as the voucher) or social security and the elderly must pay taxes?

[@dianecelento4974]

Yes Los Angeles landlords can't not take a tenant solely on the reason that they are on section 8.

[@Blah-blah-sure]

Good for them.

[@yolandajohnson8685]

you have to understand the Landlord. when accepting S8 tenants, the landlord have to put out tons of money to make the apartment dam near new. also, S8 tenants are the most to complain.

[@kendrahansen1175]

Yes, and when you try to call S8 employees for anything they are not available and they almost never return messages or e-mails. They are horrible, lazy and incompetent.

[@yolandajohnson8685]

@@kendrahansen1175 wow!!!

[@kendrahansen1175]

@@yolandajohnson8685 I meant every word of my statement...those people (most, not all) who are supposed to be there to help you have no idea what it's like to run a business and even if they did, they don't care because they are only there to collect a paycheck.

[@jonathanjones3126]

​@@kendrahansen1175 government employees work at the slowest union speed possible.

[@kendrahansen1175]

@@jonathanjones3126 That is correct. They never get out of first gear...

[@7jandi7]

I accepted Section 8 & homeless programs 17 Years. The city will harass the owner under pay and when the tenant is destructive or dangerous to others the city will not help in any way. You are stuck with a huge mess. These tenants often come with drug addiction and mental health issues so they require far more work

[@BrightAmbition]

Not everyone on section 8 are drugheads. There are disabled people who are decent but get money that is not enough for market rate. There is also elderly people and working families with lower income.

[@BrightAmbition]

In California, they pay for most of the stuff for section 8 tenants. It's now illegal for them to say they cannot accept section 8 vouchers. They get fined.

[@7jandi7]

@@BrightAmbition I'm sure there are but in almost 20 years of taking vouchers I've never met one that was simply low on funds. Typically people that can't afford to live alone but are mentally healthy get roommates. They don't go on section 8, or they live with family. Because they have a plan to do better in their life and they don't want to be limited on how much they can make. . Seems like people forget they can have roommates and totally afford the rent. Everybody seems to have a $1000 phone go out, travel eat out have a car but they can't pay their rent somehow. I'm all about helping those in need. There is a small population that is not the majority of folks in need. Women running from domestic violence., Youth, just coming out of the foster care, people that are ill, and cannot work or handicap and the elderly sometimes. If it was that population, we would not have a homeless population. There's plenty of money programs and affordable housing in the city we could house all of them. unfortunately, that is not the majority which is why you see drug attic's everywhere a crime is up look at any of the homeless videos online they're not regular people just down on their luck.

[@7jandi7]

@@BrightAmbition Your are accurate it's illegal to deny section 8 in most of California. A perfect system much like socialism in Russia and Nazi Germany at this point. There is no better way to control humans then limit their potential and yet give them a little less than they need. It's the financial "Government cheese 🧀" looks good but is pure chemicals that over time destroy your body & mind... the politicians create a ceiling for those who get out from under poverty's thumb. By making the middle class hard working most sacrificing responsible for the rest. Texting middle class back to poverty. Blocking small businesses from getting ahead with laws that do not support the growth of small business. How does Government benefits from Welfare programs? -Billions in federal funding that never reach the poor to pay the "activist nonprofits" that never help the poor. -Billions and revenue earned by the children of the welfare system as they evolve into the profit based prison system -politician salaries, keep going up cause more taxes are required to fix the problem, but never get fixed. By keeping the poor on minimal support while blocking men in the home. Creates a welfare to prison pipeline. -KEEPING thousands of men out of the job market. Those jobs stay in the market for people they deem more important. I.e. the ruling class.... Government backed fast money scam -Check out all the scams going on right now with homeless programs. The top CEOs of the nonprofits are making $400,000- 800,000 in federal money, while homelessness increases. Karen bass just started a new nonprofit after she went through 50 million tax dollars zero accounting or receipts in the first four months she's now got a hold of 250 million in tax& where is the money going to see homeless everywhere? You guessed it Governments buying land /hotels with middle-class small business taxpayers dollars and we will never see any profit back from the investment. They have already spent over 6 billion on renting hotel rooms for homeless no permanent housing. Small mom and pop owners are blocked from collecting rent blocked from the vacation of tenants that don't pay while government land grad. Takes place.. work do the hard work we pass the money of the government. They take the land. A true American story keeps repeating itself.

[@diane1390]

Awful tenants???? I've had Section 8 for years, kept the rules. I'm elderly and disabled, and my income will not be going up. Too often the landlords are breaking the rules. A private equity firm bought out my last complex, no warning, and then kicked me and everyone else out of the complex.

[@willywonka69xx]

On section 8 for years...why didn't you earn money prior to being elderly and disabled so this could be avoided?

[@diane1390]

@@willywonka69xx I was a single mother suffering from severe depression, and was on SSI. After that, while still on SSI, my health went downhill. If I'd not gotten married by force by a drunken father to a drunken husband, I'd have not been a single mother with severe depression. Before you second guess, maybe a better understanding of the circumstances would help?

[@willywonka69xx]

@@diane1390 Was it your father's fault you got pregnant? Why did you date a drunk? Even worse why did you get pregnant by a drunk? Sounds like you have lots of blame...your Father/xHusband...depression....what did YOU do to avoid being elderly and on lifelong SSI?

[@diane1390]

@@willywonka69xx yes, he wouldn't let me out of this situation, as far as I'm concerned my husband was a rapisst and my father aided and abetted him. I was in the middle of Death Valley National Monument, and totally isolated. Before you condemn, quit thinking like an entitled man!

[@willywonka69xx]

@@diane1390 if you are elderly that means back in the 60s or 70s you were kept in a compound by Death Valley. Your Father held you down and your husband raped you. You got pregnant. Then you got away and became a single Mom. You then got so depressed you could not work, ever. You lived in section 8 housing for decades. Sounds like a delusional event! Are you sure you didn't get knocked up, by a guy you really didn't know, who was a drunk, and you were expected to get married due to the expected norms of the time? Maybe not...but something is really weird with your story.

[@orthorda23]

The homeless are a separate issue not due to landlords, you need to look at drugs and alcohol

[@iccsmmc]

It's easier for failed politicians to blame landlords for homelessness instead of clearing out the drug dealers and finding public housing for the mentally ill for less than $700000 per unit! All the homeless advocates and "charities" are getting paid by all the "homeless" taxes foisted on the dwindling middle class which helps to keep donations going to politicians re-election campaigns!

[@sidwhiting665]

Govt: "Here's a new law. You MUST comply!" * Landlords: "Heh, hold my beer." * I trust myself to out-think any Govt bureaucrat. The fact that they don't know any better is amusing to say the least. My area doesn't require us to accept Section 8, but the way I would get around it if they did is based on the Govt's slow-poke response time. The ONE TIME I took section 8, they made me hold the unit vacant for almost 4 weeks while they puttered around with scheduling their inspection. Then they had a handful of dumb things to "fix" (a cracked light switch plate, a ceiling fan that 'hummed' too loudly). After I got those done it took another 2 weeks to get them to come out an re-inspect. * 6 weeks of lost rent due to vacancy that was 98% their fault! No thanks. I now rent only to qualified applicants who have money in hand ready to go. I don't hold units vacant. Usually, I can fill a vacancy in less than 2 week, so the slow-poke Govt cannot compete.

[@bsmiddy236]

And keep it that way!!!

[@fiftybagger]

Love you brother. Great channel!

[@paulk9985]

CA landlords are NOT required to accept Section 8. Landlords cannot consider sources of income as deterrents from renting. They must consider a Section 8 tenant.

[@RealEstateAndLandlordNews]

Thanks for the clarification.

[@paulk9985]

@@RealEstateAndLandlordNews You're welcome. Thank you for the informative videos. I am a CA landlord. Some CA cities have their own rent control which is more strict than the state law (AB 1482) and may require the Section 8 acceptance - but I'm not sure. Attorneys have provided us with with legal ways to work around this - for now. I understand some landlords prefer to accept Section 8 to their entire building and have guaranteed income for the next "planned-demic." Not a bad idea, but the landlord has to be prepared for the entire building to become a hovel with undesirable tenants AND their families and friends.

[@ashrpblond]

no california as a whole is not allowed to reject a section 8 tenant ..you are to take there voucher and add that to there monthly income as it is a source of income now here..and if its advertised for example 1000 security then if a section 8 person comes along you are not allowed to up that to 2000. landlords are starting to get sued in so cal over this bs

[@CandiceMMartinez]

​@@ashrpblond That makes no sense. If two section 8 people apply, then you have to reject at least one of them. You can't accept both.

[@Wilimac1]

Being a landlord is similar to trading stocks. It is an investment. As an investor, I can choose to take risks or be conservative. A landlord should be able to do the same. If they believe section 8 is too risky, then they should have the option to refuse it. If you are a renter on section 8, stop whining about it. Why try to stay somewhere you are not wanted? Also, background checks, credit scores, etc. Everyone else has to make those requires with no exceptions. Section 8 should, too. Landlords have these requirements to lower the risk. If you do not make the requirements, then work on getting them met just like everyone else. They're programs to help one with all this. They are not easy, but they can be done if you want it bad enough. The government should never force individuals to take risks they normally would not do. I understand that people can get down on their luck, but the government should be building housing for this.

[@tinaanderson200]

Yeap we move in Domestic violence women with BAD cr3dit.

[@Dwayne-mb2uj]

I had a landlord buy the condo that we were renting during a speculation frenzy from an older man who was getting out of the business . The new owner wanted to raise our rent from 1100 to 1350 in Ventura Ca in 2006 . I told her I would move to a different house if she raised our rent . We were good tenants but she told us that the government had given her a higher rating than we were willing to pay so a section 8 tenant was worth more than we were no matter how great we were as tenants In our case the government giving the vouchers had the effect of jacking up the rents . We moved out she got her section 8 tenants who did not pay their share and she lost her building to the bank a year later when she got in over her head. I found a landlord who paid for his buildings with cash and was not dependent on the government to pay the bank.

[@claudiabell9248]

You are just a big old liar. Stop lying. Damn. that's a poorly told lie. No one on here believe your lying self.

[@andreag8666]

Section 8 Cali; in the city yes, in the incorporated County no to must accept section 8. Biggest issue is all the crazy laws they are passing in California. When you pass laws in the state where I can’t take possession of my home/property back it makes everyone against section 8. They caused this. It used to be a safe bet prior to Covid rules which in LA only expired in April of 2023. I say expired but they turned them into permanent laws. Landlords are paying 15-25,000 to the tenants to get possession back. That’s insane! Section 8 offers landlords an extra $1k to open up another unit they might have. With a bunch of conditions attached. 4 bedrooms get $4000 a month. That’s what some people make in a year $48,0000 a year and he says they have 35,000 on section 8. 😮 I agree with those that said Tenants typically work for some government entity that doesn’t pay much to stay in the system.

[@ashrpblond]

no they didnt cause ths andera g you are one of those that think you are better than a section 8 person but you are not

[@andreag8666]

@@ashrpblond If they don’t know what they are, I’ll take it as a complement.

[@bsmiddy236]

@@ashrpblond yeah blondie...it is all the landlords fault..get back on your meds...you know nothing!

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

It sounds quality of life b.s there are homeless not mental illness or not on drugs alcohol still are denied

[@georgewagner7787]

This woman needs a career counselor. A psychology degree will keep her low income forever.

[@carolr7823]

Section 8 for the elderly (with no younger other tenants) and the disabled is fine. But for everyone else forget it.

[@InspiredByEbonyLove]

You don’t decide who it for though

[@ladylexo2003]

This commentary sounds biased and ignorant. It's sad that a few bad actors have created such a stereotype of those needing assistance. Not all Voucher holders are leeches, drug dealers or abusers, filthy, destructive, or unscrupulous. It's designed to help people who are homeless, at risk of homeless, disabled etc. Many people are 1 paycheck away from being unhoused. Just because their credit is bad in some areas doesn't mean they won't pay the rent on time. A majority of them are indeed diligent in paying on time and respecting the property. This video was disgusting

[@Ace-zc9hv]

I couldn’t agree with you more, this man sounds very ignorant, he doesn’t understand that you can have a place before you get a section 8 voucher but you may be struggling to pay utilities or pay for food or transportation and that’s how the voucher can help, normal everyday people need help especially with the rising cost of living

[@ashrpblond]

tony no they do not sleep out on the street they usually stay with family if indeed they were on the street there is a different voucher they can get within a few days

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

There are decent low income renters

[@carolr7823]

Why would any landlord want a Section 8 tenant? Seriously. If they damage the property, the city won't reimburse the landlord.

[@lovelytoyawilliams1705]

Why would you assume that everyone on section 8 ruins the property ?

[@InspiredByEbonyLove]

That is what security deposits are for! Clearly! Any tenant can damage property but you all are playing dumb. Why would land lord want to rent to a tenant w/ section 8? Guaranteed rental income . It’s a govt contract . More likely to be long term tenants too .

[@iccsmmc]

Years ago the management company let a LA City representative place a Section 8 woman and her three children in one of our units. Not only did she start a fire on the stove that the live-in manager had to extinguished, She was carted away by the social services and her poorly nourished children were taken by children's services. When we entered the apartment there were just bed springs with mattresses-no bed sheets or blankets. There was literally dirt and sand all over the floors and trash everywhere! Never again unless the City puts up triple the deposit to insure there is money to repair the unit if the lessee trashes the unit!!

[@zaphod77]

Voucher recipients can be evicted for faillure to follow the terms of the lease, same as any other tenant. in this particular case, the county representative was wrong, and there were good reasons to refuse independent of the voucher.

[@claudiabell9248]

You failed to state that she paid her portion of the rent on time. I believe you are just lying to be included in the bashing and slandering of people you know nothing about.

[@bobl2887]

Are Landlords required to give priority to Section 8 tenants over responsible self paying tenants? I wouldn't be surprised in Democrat controlled states and municipalities.

[@BusArch42]

No.

[@MONICAMARTINEZ-rw3ju]

I have never had section 8 but I have had some cheap azz, lowlife, greedy landlords. People who take your money month after month and don’t invest any of it back into the property you are renting. Can this man please address that?

[@casualbrowser407]

Easily - don't like it? - walk away, move out and find a better place. Before signing a lease, demand the right to walk away on a 30 day notice. Now imagine how you would feel if the government forced you to take a lease from a shady landlord because he "struggles to make ends meet" (some landlords do) For something to be fair, it needs to be fair in both directions - you are not forced to rent from certain people - they shouldn't be forced to rent to certain people too.

[@linkspider]

Go get yourself a mortgage and see what it costs to maintain residential housing with constant yearly fixup costs legal fees, property taxes, insurances, deadbeat tenants etc etc....

[@montemacon3020]

Some single fathers live In shelters do to the fact there job dosnt pay enough to afford a good apartment in a safe neighborhood, now dont get me wrong as a father i would not want to move to a cheap bad area to live with my kids.

[@claudettedoyley9056]

Can one improve themselves, to move on to a better living?

[@montemacon3020]

@@claudettedoyley9056 Yes

[@aaa-pp]

Of course, it's a no brainer. You don't just say, 'no I don't take sect8.'

[@ashrpblond]

its not allowed that is discrimination

[@bsmiddy236]

@@ashrpblond only in communist jurisdictions. Section 8 is a voluntary program

[@markmyjak7739]

Here's an idea. Have the section 8 tenant take a math test. The test would include basic math, geometry, trigonometry, and a little bit of calculus. Or another test that would test the responsibility.

[@AllFather-TheStoicGod]

By dint of what you said you just removed 80% of the single mothers. A win. 👏🏼👏🏼

[@andreag8666]

Nope, all it needs is common sense questions. If the tub starts leaking into the floor, what do you do? It’s memorial weekend and the toilets back up, what do you do? 😅

[@statesoftheunited7049]

​@@andreag8666 KZbin. I always KZbin videos to fix things, hasn't failed me yet

[@TheTramp_962]

@@AllFather-TheStoicGod a simple credit check will eliminate 99% of potential problem tenants

[@willywonka69xx]

Like Doc Holiday said in Tombstone "I know let's have a spelling bee"...

[@qolspony]

The reason why I would not go into the section 8 problem, is when I had problems, I could not get help. HUD is too big for it own good! And most of the staff aren't really knowledgeable about a lot of them. Also, what people don't know about vouchers, is that you can use them to purchase property. But than you can use other people's money to purchase their property. But when your mind is fixated on what they want you to know, you don't research.

[@robgrey6183]

As a hard working taxpayer I'm appalled that you can get free tax money to live without working.

[@evanschwartz7738]

You don't understand the unstable economic nature of life in California

[@jysfo5728]

If one issue is that the Section 8 tenant can't fine a place fire the expiration date... The government can extend the expiration date of the voucher....

[@ashrpblond]

they will extend it maybe once but you sing up with the fact you get 60 days to find a place or go to the end of list again

[@chaneljones5937]

It sickens me to know that there are so many ignorant and rude people still existing today. It's sad that we are judged before we even get a chance to show that not all Section 8 tenants are bad. I have a Voucher and know what it's like to be discriminated against because of landlords feeling the way you do sir. I even welcome prospective landlords to do a walk through to show I care greatly for maintaining a decent environment for my family and provide opportunity for them to speak to my current landlord as well but still because you have this preconceived image that all Section 8 tenants are drug addicts and lowest of the totem pole.We don't stand a chance. I personally have lived in my house long enough to see owners change over many times. And yet they all wish to keep me here because of my constant up keeping of the home as in part. It's also a sure way to get the landlords paid as all but a very small portion to them by the housing authority. Prayerfully this stigma about us will change. Everyone deserves a chance and that chance for some could truly be a blessing for parties. You never know how the cards may fall and the roles can reverse.. B-more kind

[@7jandi7]

You are extremely rare...

[@nacho-mammy]

You are a decent tenant? Great. But everyone does not deserve a chance when it comes to other people having to absorb the risk and then deal with the consequences. Also, you indicated that you have been on section 8 long enough to see property owners change? You are the kind of person that Tony is talking about. What incentive do you have to support yourself without government help? If you are disabled, then that's a different conversation I suppose.

[@elementgypsy]

I'm an excellent tenant. Disabled, elder. Hope I find a landlord that can see that I'm good.

[@linkspider]

You maybe an exception to the rule generally the vast majority of section 8 tenants all start off sweet and polite then turn into Johnny Cochran's once in...if finding a great section 8 tenant was odds in a Las Vegas casino no landlord would take the bet because the odds of getting one that follows a lease is too heavily stacked against a landlord...

[@andrewordog4397]

What right does anyone have, to tell a landlord who they can and can't rent to?

[@bernardobarba8490]

Get off your High Horse

[@claudiabell9248]

Landlords apply to the Section 8 Program to get a section 8 tenant. Landlords have to obey the rules as well. Section 8 is a government program.

[@InspiredByEbonyLove]

No one tells a landlord that

[@robgrey6183]

@@InspiredByEbonyLove Los Angeles is trying to do just that.

[@fedoramcclaren4294]

You have made such a vast judgment pertaining to your explanation as to why (or how) people without residences choose to remain this way. I am not sure if you have ever had the expeience of not having anywhere to live, but there are a large amount of people living on the streets prefer to not do as such. I am not sure if you are aware of what happens in these streets. As far as appying for housing, one of the first things which are asked is about where you live. Some people, even if they do live in a house/apartment, may be there because it is a temporary transition, or have a time limit as to how long they are to stay there. The amount of people who are in homes being trafficked and need a safe space. We are so quick to judge only what we see from our perspective. You have been privileged enough to experience the life you live, and that is fine, however, others have not had that opportunity, and that may be on things we may never have knowledge of.

[@willywonka69xx]

"Privilege" is earned by the majority of people...as is squaller.

[@fedoramcclaren4294]

@@willywonka69xx Do you mean "squalor"?

[@willywonka69xx]

@@fedoramcclaren4294 sure

[@fedoramcclaren4294]

@@willywonka69xx Some folks pay lots of money for rent, and still ruin their apartments or homes. I am aware that many, unless they have had their own, do not take care of what they have, however, these vast judgments are disheartening.

[@willywonka69xx]

Owning property is a massive investment. Letting it rot is poor business.

[@sondrajean955]

East Los Angeles College offers a 2-yr degree. WHY is this woman studying 'psychology' and not learning a trade, e.g. cybersecurity? She can't even think straight for herself...witness that dark lip color. My ex and I obtained a Sect 8 voucher in winter 1994 after the Northridge earthquake. Our Hollywood building had been "red-tagged". We soon realized the intrustions and limitations of Sect-8 and got out of it the next year. We decided that we could pay the full rent and didn't need/want the govt in our lives in that way.

[@tinalove8197]

As a landlord myself I don't accept section 8 . I don't care if its illegal. I actually live in the community where I have rentals. So I want to protect the stability and security of my community and PROPERTY VALUES. So section 8 tentants can't meet my requirements of 690 credit score, NO EVICTIONS EVER, 3X THE RENT, STABLE UNINTERRUPTED EMPLOYMENT FOR A YEAR. Landlords who don't live in community of their rentals don't care about how the section 8 effects their communities. So they have low standards and let people in they wouldn't want to live next to. I care about my community and only rent to people I would want to live next to.

[@RealEstateAndLandlordNews]

I Agree with everything you said!

[@marieclaire4935]

Not everyone that has section 8 is bad I'm on it and I have a 720 credit score I'm quiet not on drugs keep to myself what your saying is discrimination and you could be reported to civil rights dept for saying these discriminating comments like that..I've lived in apts where there was no section 8 at all and those tenants were worse than the ones on sec 8 I also have been a manager to witness this you have no idea what your saying not only are you preduduce but you also seem very inexperienced by the way you talk

[@marieclaire4935]

​@@RealEstateAndLandlordNewsstop hating on the section 8 program I came here thinking you were on our side but your against it agreeing with this mean lanlord ? Saying she don't care if she discriminates ? I wish I had her info I'd report her she could get sued for making such preduduce statements

[@myk9crew]

How about take people at face value? I have good credit, never evicted, am disabled, and care about my community. I'm a good tenant, never have been late on rent, care for my home. So people like you are why it took me six YEARS to find a place that would accept me, that worked better for my wheelchair.

[@Castymiss1]

​@@marieclaire4935Well, you wouldn't qualify. My credit score criteria is 750. Darn it.

[@Jimfundercover2]

What's wrong with having the tenant put up a security deposit? Who is going to repair any damage to the apartment when the tenant leaves? Not the government.

[@juanrodarte1769]

That law firm should take all that people to there homes.

[@MrBiggz-do6ej]

Tony as a California landlord your videos are really helpful not only to see things here I like being shared or hearing new info I hadn't heard yet but it's also nice to see what other landlords across the country are dealing with. I'm working my way off KZbin, have you given any thought to sharing your content on Rumble?

[@BrightAmbition]

All of you are clueless! There are decent people who have section 8 vouchers. Just because you had a bad experience with 1 tenant on section 8 doesn't mean they are all like that! There are also bad tenants that don't have section 8 vouchers and nobody talks about them! Stop being so terrible to low income people who are just trying the best they can. By the way, the biggest population of vouchers go to permanently disabled and elderly families. Predominantly are good tenants that just want a chance here.

[@linkspider]

Landlords are not the problem Section 8 program itself is the issue, it encourages problems. Section 8 does not protect a landlord when a tenant does not comply with the lease Section 8 will stop the payments to the landlord. The landlord then has to go through a lengthy eviction process normally for months and months which once complete Section 8 will simply re-issue a new voucher for the evicted tenant to move into the next property. Section 8 loves this because they save on rent that was not paid during the eviction process. If the tenant breaks something Section 8 will stop the payment until the landlord gets it fixed... Tenant stops paying their portion triggers Section 8 to stop their payment to the landlord or for the landlord to waive it, majority stop paying their portion. Section 8 sucks on every level, this is why Section 8 tenants are constantly moving around. Section 8 can be a nightmare to deal with. Guaranteed rent program must be really bad when landlords avoid it like the plague. Then you get the inspections followed by a sudden reduction in the rent you regularly collect, that's a whole other problem.

[@Miss-siren]

What the hell you talking about

[@claudiabell9248]

You are lying and anyone familiar with Section 8 and its program knows it. You just want to bash Section 8 tenants no matter who they are. If Section 8 stopped paying a landlord, then the landlord/slumlord has violated some rule pertaining to the tenants or won't repair the property. Just stop lying and slandering people. Landlords are not righteous people, they get away with many violations of tenants rights.

[@linkspider]

@@claudiabell9248 LMAO you are delusional

[@InspiredByEbonyLove]

FALSE!! And 🐂💩 When a section 8 tenant is evicted for not keeping their end of the lease they lose their vouchers.

[@InspiredByEbonyLove]

Section 9 does NOT issue new vouchers to those who have been evicted!! They get kicked off our of the program

[@claudettedoyley9056]

Is section 8 is voluntary?

[@bsmiddy236]

Yes

[@BusArch42]

Yes and it can take months to get the place inspected for section 8

[@claudettedoyley9056]

@@BusArch42 is the renter in the property while you're going through approval?

[@BusArch42]

@@claudettedoyley9056 no. The section 8 has to be approved first. This means you have to pass inspection before they move in. In many cases it results in leaving the property empty for months. In LA county the wait list for inspection is months. Almost guaranteed you will need a second inspection as they always find a problem. One landlord on California had an older property in great condition. The window latches were the old style screw locks. He was told he had to replace all the windows to pass section 8. Guess what happens? Nobody does section 8

[@claudettedoyley9056]

@@BusArch42 I see why landlords are leaving that program alone. Thank you.

[@andreag8666]

1. ask for 3 months of bank statements. If it shows $309-1000 for rent you know they are section 8. 2. They are asking the previous landlords when doing background checks. 3. Have them pay the broker or agent fees. I doubt they are allowed to pay realtor fees. Depends on the state. 4. References and/or social media.

[@marcielynn4886]

One more reason why California sucks so hard.

[@qolspony]

Once you get a section 8 apartment. When the landlord wants to get rid of you, they will not repair your apartment. And this causes to loose your section 8. Than you have to look for another apartment on the list. And this takes time! So you end up loosing your voucher. This happens to a lot of people.

[@magiccarpet9172]

Maybe you shouldn't damage the place

[@lovelytoyawilliams1705]

This is a video of pure ignorance and that’s why it’s so important for people to be educated on what’s going on even if it’s not happening to them.

[@Castymiss1]

But a landlord CAN accept the most qualified applicant, even if not a section 8 tenant

[@robgrey6183]

Bingo!

[@IhneelkLam]

I'm not in CA, nor am I a landlord or a lowlife Sec 8 tenant. Sec 8 are my downstairs neighbors. It's SUPPOSED to be an elderly couple with an elderly relative. Welp, it's them plus a son, & apparently 2 other relatives (who AREN'T on the lease.). They blast music throughout the property 24/7. Prayerfully, I'm 2-3 more phoned complaints away from them finally being evicted. I can't stand Trump, but I pray either he or DeSantis will put the entire Sec 8 program on the chopping block. I'm sick of Sec 8 "people" disrespectting us working folk & ultimately ruining communities. My brother-in-law owns 2 properties, & he refuses to rent to them. Whatever he's doing, it's working to get around it. They're a cancer..🗑️

[@myk9crew]

FU! ONE anecdotal "evidence" and you call to end the entire program?? "people"?? I'm a disabled person, have Section 8, and I don't ruin anything. In fact, I garden and improve the places I've lived! I take care of my rental like it's my own, and am quiet and respectful.

[@IhneelkLam]

The Blood of Jesus is against you, spirit.@@myk9crew Sec. 8 has plenty of instances of deadbeats that disrupt their neighbors' lives. That's what YOU say. I'm interested in what your neighbors experience in sharing a property with the likes of you.

[@myk9crew]

@@IhneelkLam WOW what a fake Christian you are!! I never said there were not instances of bad renters, that's all over. You think I'm bad because I'm disabled, and can't afford CA rent? I happen to be good friends with my previous neighbors, so I think I must have not been too bad!

[@am7884]

You apparently do not know Jesus for you to speak to this person that way. Jesus commands us to take care of the vulnerable. He never called them deadbeats or a cancer. But he did call you religious people who misrepresent Him snakes and vipers. I pray that you truly allow the Lord to work on your heart before you leave this earth. Otherwise, judgment day may not be what you expected.

[@IhneelkLam]

@@am7884 No way on Earth you know LORD Jesus, as He in no no way condones gaming of the system. If you don't work, you don't eat. The poor we will have with us always DOESN'T include those who deliberately live off of others if there are no health reasons. Making excuses for bad behavior for ill gain isn't Christ like, kitten, so spare me your co-signing deceit by being a deadbeat. Welfare was supposed to be TEMPORARY assistance for the downtrodden, now it's primarily a golden ticket for people who don't want to contribute like the rest of us, which now unfortunately neglects those who honestly need it. Only a hit dog hollers, & here you are. No weapon formed against me shall prosper, spirit.

[@saturnsaggitarius]

People need to read the laws and program rules. Education can make things better for positive landlords positive tenants and housing authorities. The laws do outline Landlord and tenant rights. HUD & Housing Authorities also have laws, rules, and policy. As a landlord or tenant one must be aprised of ALL the laws, policies, and procedures for the Housing Choice Voucher Program to work as intended.

[@qolspony]

At least in the 80s and 90s the requirements for Section 8 was Disabled and Elderly. But for the projects, it is income verification. You had to have a low salary job, but they prioritize people with a fixed income. This was 1980s and 90s. As you are living in the projects, if your job income or fixed income rises, so does the income you have to pay for rent. This includes saved income. The real problem with this system is that people do what they can to limited their reported income, because their is where you get penalize for it. So you might do work off the books to earn some extra income. You don't have a bank account, because the government will stop your benefits if they see savings. The government event encourage me to keep my money under the mattress. They absolutely do not want to work with someone who is trying to better themselves with the system. So if you don't have friends or family where you can stash that money in some kind of trust, you are screwed. About option to get off the track of dependency is to go to school. This worked better for disabled people than people on welfare. The city system is very, very restrictive for people wanting to do better. They scrutinized any benefit that they give you to the point that you don't want them. So people have learn to go with federal ssd mental health (not ssi) than to deal with city welfare or even housing. Half the people who are on the system are just paper mental health, not actual mental health. Some are smart to use the system as a crutch to pull themselves up. And it is much more possible than anything the city public service offers.

[@deborahbergman3566]

same in NYC … i’d make a lot of money in RE if i had landlords who accepted vouchers 😢… where do they go ??

[@nobodyinparticular983]

I don't think it's reasonable to say that people with children don't need section 8 vouchers if they're living with 3 or 4 roommates to make rent. When you rent rooms out to strangers (or from strangers) you run the risk of having your children getting abused in numerous ways or exposed to dangerous situations that you can't control. Heck, a single people runs the same risk. If I didn't own my own home, I'd rather live in my car than crash in a house with 6 others I didn't know well.