Landlords turning away Section 8 recipients

[@MsBaztastic]

They interviewed the wrong person. As soon as she said 20 years on Section 8 and she's not obviously disabled, they lost me.

[@candycane9264]

Okay now she is just simply sitting on her booty not trying to get herself together she is one of those who take advantage of the program just not doing nothing

[@user-pt9dy2rd7m]

You don’t need to be disabled to have section 8. Lol

[@MsBaztastic]

@@user-pt9dy2rd7m Very familiar with Section 8. She should have gotten a trade or something by now, or used the program to buy a house. It's not meant to be a lifelong assistance program.

[@bernieudo4399]

Twenty years. Now you know why there's no incentive to get a better job. Even during the last two years nationwide there's a labor shortage. Sec. 8 discourages a recipient to get a better job. At some point you fail its income test. Not surprised. Simply contributes to generational reliance. This was never the intention of Johnson's Great Society. He intended these programs as a lift up. Not a permanent piggyback.

[@hectae2485]

@@MsBaztastic how can you buy a house on section 8? Minimum wage doesn’t buy homes in Denver.

[@savannahgeorgia7266]

20 years what the hell has she been doing in all that time??

[@Shannete572]

Savannah Georgia that’s the samething I was saying

[@podsmpsg1]

Making babies.

[@stacybaracco8813]

@#WhiteLivesDon'tMatter # why should she do anything when us taxpayers are doing it for her . its time to cut all this free bullshit out . or at least crack down too much abuse to the system .

[@patrickslomka2017]

Give her a break, she's thinking about going back to school and making a life for herself one decade.

[@knowbodiesfull5768]

@@patrickslomka2017 It's one thing to THINK about going back to school. It's another thing altogether to REALLY go back to school! (3/10/2021)

[@christophergaughan8672]

Did the woman say she been on section 8 for 20 years? Wow Ben Carson is right.

[@mystudent11]

Exactly.

[@803logic]

20 stinking years!!!!!

[@doughboy1966]

Thats not uncommon for people to live their entire life off sec 8.

[@shotcgirl1887]

20 years!!!

[@letraclark366]

Yes she did !! 20 yrs!😨

[@ednaloftin4749]

20 years too long

[@mosmith9187]

way too long.

[@ericclark7344]

STOP THE GOD DAMN HANDOUTS TO THOSE WHO ARE ABLE-BODIED...

[@Astinsan]

Eric Clark amen

[@gloriabowie5629]

@cobainzlady and want do you consider elderly,if your able bodied,even if you have to work two jobs,do it i know people in their early 60 that work two jobs

[@gloriabowie5629]

@cobainzlady oh,the work,but work part time,or minimum wage,so they can live in a nice apt for next to nothing.

[@amoszook3775]

exactly

[@haseleyes1]

Agree

[@frankyb9682]

Property owners are tired of their properties being destroyed

[@latricedoston2610]

Not everyone destroy property!!

[@latricedoston2610]

Get over yourself

[@frankyb9682]

@@latricedoston2610 I know that , but since you replied so negatively your the type I’m talking about. 😂😂😂

[@frankyb9682]

@@latricedoston2610 Get a job lazy bum. 😂😂😂

[@redsox1935]

@@frankyb9682 Correction, Just because someone is on section 8 does not mean they are not employed. Please educate yourself swiftly.

[@HairyPixels]

Sterilization should be required to receive Section 8 housing.

[@podsmpsg1]

Hairy Pixels and drug tests.

[@tiptoe38]

I agree

[@bigq9545]

Section 8 ruins beautiful, peaceful neighborhoods..

[@LWoods-gv2rg]

Big Q...yes it does

[@SLBVeteran]

Hell, many in Section 8 are pot smoking welfare folks. Smoking up your tax $$$. Amendment 64 opened the door to a new breed of welfare queens. Enjoy.

[@jermells]

It’s not a right it’s a privilege I’m a landlord depends on how I feel if I want to accept the voucher or not 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️ Sec8 also wants your to do so much and stop paying rent for petty shit like transition strip missing doesn’t pass inspection wtf

[@Southgate210]

Why? They don't know how to take care of shit because they never word for it! They feel entitled and it's sad they get away with it!

[@alex13taylor]

@@Southgate210 not everyone is like that though.. people with disabilities need section 8 and aren't in any way you describe..

[@allentarver6286]

You're telling me that section 8 will pay $1300 for a 1 bed room but since a 1 bedroom is$1500 this lady cannot come up with $200 of her own money to make up the difference ?? Sorry I don't feel sorry for her!! MOVE

[@helena3631]

They don’t want to pay the difference in thier vouchers maybe 50$ more but 200$ they will not do it’s a mindset thing

[@IndigenousIndianLady65]

When landlords accept the housing voucher... They get credit for some of their taxes...

[@savannahmendez3964]

The thing is, she can't. The entire rent and bills must be under, the total of money paid by section 8.

[@bernieudo4399]

That's why there should be time limits to Sec. 8. Ten years max for Pete's sake. Last three years there's been a labor shortage nationwide & this lady can't land a decent job. Just piggybacking on taxpayer's labor.

[@allentarver6286]

@@helena3631 you are right but kind wrong because I had a section 8 tenant and her portion was $25 and the check she wrote me bounced!! They don't wanna work

[@growingthefamilyfourup9214]

I don't blame them, section, 8 recipients tend not to care for property they don't have to pay for

[@IndigenousIndianLady65]

Lies, If you destroy a property on that program you can lose your voucher... You hateful people are such liars....

[@paulalewis3389]

I totally agree!

[@bernieudo4399]

No kidding. Know several homes. Private houses. All trashed. Drug selling 24/7. Tenants don't care. Eye sores.

[@troyevitt2437]

But that's not the next S/8 tenant's problem. The legitimately disabled person can't be bothered with the fact that you had to deal with dopers or bums....Some people are BORN with disabilities, some persons are subsequently injured.

[@averagejoe9249]

Rarely these days a landlord will find a tenant that will properly take care of a home/apartment

[@TobyFloof]

A landlord can't judge a person when they don't know them. So if this is going to be a huge legally accepted judge festival why can't we just give everyone free housing?

[@haseleyes1]

It will be time to fix and sell and more to a landlord friendly state. This moratorium will cause a house shortage.

[@johnniebeavers4003]

And that is why a lot of landlords are getting out of the business

[@richardherrington2852]

I know just how she feels. I want to buy a new $50,000.00 pickup truck and all I have is $1,000.00 and no dealer will sell me a new truck for $1,000.00.

[@tiffneylaurel7075]

THAT HEFFA BEEN ON SEC 8 FOR 20 YEARS... NOW AINT NO DAMN WAY SHE AINT SAVED ENOUGH TO PAY MARKET RATE RENT BY NOW...THIS IS 1 OF THE ONES THAT NO LONGER NEEDS TO BE ON SEC 8!!!

[@lesriley2062]

You ever consider a disabled person ? Especially senior citizens… so judgy

[@jr.rangeeel7624]

I'm pretty sure she doesn't have 1000 dollars to her name these people don't work they live on government help.

[@johnniebeavers4003]

@@lesriley2062 Disable person needs to be tokens care of by the State. senior citizens normally have a home paid for. and if they don't they can go live in them senior apartments for ages 55 or older and they are nice apartments. I think all disable people and seniors should get 1000 dollars a month in food stamps when they retire. Disable people should get them regardless

[@genxmurse7019]

I owned a couple of duplexes in south Florida years ago, and I stopped doing it, too. I no longer renewed leases with Section 8, mainly because these people were filthy pigs, and they kept breaking appliances, and damaging the place, along with bringing cockroaches. The city and county was also jerking me around for nickel and dime crap that the tenants were responsible for, and they refused to mail the checks, so I had to pick them up every month. After that bs, I had enough and told them I was done with them!

[@madan1926]

Gen X Murse

[@amoszook3775]

My experience very similar

[@harmony3279]

I don't blame you.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Insert a clause that payments not delivered cancels the lease.

[@migueldomina190]

Alot bring bed bugs,I mean property be looking like you never remodeled,alot the tenants and kids don't value the property they say oh you prejudice yes I am when I own...

[@user-pv7nf3gu8u]

20 years on section 8 is just pure laziness. What a leech.

[@lynnjenny295]

no it's not stop judging

[@alex13taylor]

So ignorant. Some people with mental disabilities need section 8 to live an independent life. People like you are just so fucking ignorant.

[@Southgate210]

No! My sister 45 years! Bitch still feels entitled but the Federal Government created those monsters and allowed them to breed more monsters and keeping them fat, fine and healthy at that!

[@ts3858]

@@alex13taylor Amen. Thank you...

[@patriciasingletary4725]

I agree some section 8 voucher holders have made it bad for others but in their defense the SLUM LORDS can't get by with being a SLUM LORD with section 8 that's one of many reason they don't want to accept section 8.

[@shellyhunt4910]

Section 8 should only be for special needs ppl and veterans

[@mystudent11]

I completely agree with you.

[@diodio9494]

And elderly

[@curlywurly70]

Disabled veterans.

[@TikiShootah]

Veterans needs to get their benefit from their employer, the United States government.

[@marihearndon1478]

YES..... & ELDERLY

[@apllu17]

Section 8 for 20 years? Wow!! I honestly know that section 8 is a great help, but I've always considered this to be something that should be a time limited service, much like the way welfare is these days. Families who get welfare are asked to work on a welfare to work program, so that folks can take advantage of funds to go to school to get a trade, a degree, and then a job that will allow them to become self-sufficient and get off welfare. This needs to be the same with section 8. It needs to be a time limited program, where recipients agree to a Housing assistance program to ownership. Getting people to move up in their education, work, forced to save for about 5-10 years and have the ability to get into a first-time home buyers situation. However, the caveat would mean not having the ability or permission to sell their home for 15 years. THAT IS HOW POLICY SHOULD WORK. 20 years of section 8 is ridiculous.

[@BeanBag343]

Completely reasonable. My childhood town was destroyed by reckless section 8 tenants participating in gangs, the drug trade, and burglary. You can't walk through there anymore without hearing gangster rap blasting and people screaming mother-f this, mother-f that, and the n-word everywhere. There's always fighting in the streets and murders committed for the dumbest reasons. Before section 8, that was never an issue.

[@BeanBag343]

@Tiffany Brown clearly, you assume people are bigots and only think white people agree with this

[@chulabella9196]

Not always the case. So stop judging others because of peoples mistakes.I have Section 8 and Im in good standing with my landlord

[@BeanBag343]

@@chulabella9196 Ok, but that is just YOU. And good for you for doing well. But section 8 does a horrible job protecting landlords and holding bad tenants accountable for the damage they do to the house and the neighborhood. They don't pay landlords jack when their property is trashed or robbed, they don't do thorough screenings for tenants, and they refuse to acknowledge how they ruined clean, polite neighborhoods by inviting low-class scum to destroy once beautiful properties

[@MSami-fe6uj]

​@Tiffany Brown I know what piss poor is like, but I 100% agree with Beanbag.

[@lokie3502]

@Tiffany Brown you're and I'm Black

[@alexd9425]

I rented to section 8 once and never again. My tennents left my place dirty and flea infested. It was so bad you could not walk into the home. Took me weeks to treat it. I spent a lot of time and money fixing the house up. Sad to turn away families that really need a home. In the end, I need money to make a living too.

[@lesriley2062]

You can’t even spell tenant . How were you writing contracts ? Lol

[@RayRaySD941]

I know that feeling as well. We always toss away the apps of prospective tenants that are on Section 8, and just make up some excuse to tell them. It's just that the few bad apples completely ruined the bunch... completely sad, there are some people out there that really need the help and housing, but you got these generational welfare slugs screwing things up for others... Anyways, like I .Always. Fucking. Hear. All. The. Damn. Time. "It is what it is"

[@haseleyes1]

@@lesriley2062 with a property management company

[@lesriley2062]

@@haseleyes1 I hope they proofread your shit

[@haseleyes1]

@@lesriley2062 they do, and then some. I’m good.

[@mindingmybusiness75]

I was on section 8 for atleast 7 years as a parent of 1. I was grateful for the program, I used it to get a few steps ahead. I am now on my way to homeownership. Section 8 for me was a hand up not a hand out. I pulled myself outta debt and wanted to do better for myself and child.

[@gamerslifetv2348]

I have a question if u dont mind.. I wanna start a small business like press on nails.. However, I am scared to start if it will affect my HUD and other benefits.. What should I do? I just dont wanna ruin my great benefits with small business .. Thanks

[@mindingmybusiness75]

If it is out of your house just keep the foot traffic low as not to raise any eyebrows. Cause as we know neighbors are noise as hell.

[@Standingfirmly1]

@@gamerslifetv2348 so you won’t start a Business because you don’t wanna lose benefits that’s silly wouldn’t you make more than staying on section 8

[@kknox367]

@@gamerslifetv2348 you are going to have to report any money that that you receive

[@johnniebeavers4003]

My daughter was a single divorced mother and could not get no help they told he she made to much money. She end up living with us because she had no child support and had to pay rent, buy food she did not get no foodstamps and pay child care.

[@sunshinetogo4221]

Section 8 or similar programs place burdens on landlords by lack of tenant accountability, inconsistent housing standards and unhelpful staff. Since tenants do not have guidelines that are enforced, problems will escalate with property destruction. unauthorized "guests" and tenant entitlement. Some of these tenants lack basic life skills to maintain their living space and need to be educated. If the government wants housing made available, they need to provide education for tenants, enforcement of tenant responsibilities and inspections for tenant infractions.

[@spikefivefivefive]

Educated? More like sterilized

[@zodiac890]

there are way too many sick in the head criminals who are landlords that purposely rent out severe health hazard apt to poor adn disabled people for many years and many low life criminals who are judges allow this to happen this is an extremely bad problem in usa and has been for many years judges who allow the poor to be victimized are criminals period there is no excuse

[@glorymanheretosleep]

@@zodiac890 Sorry, but landlords are often victimized due to the fact they rarely get the money back after a tenant trashes the place.

[@zodiac890]

@@glorymanheretosleep your bs is not fooling me or many others like me give it up go talk to a ten years old i know better

[@zodiac890]

@@glorymanheretosleep only a moron would beleive this bs majority of landlrods are sick in the head animals who victimize the poor in many ways and the sick in the head lwo life judges let them get away with it

What landlord would be crazy enough to rent out to section 8 and risk their property asset to a person who will inevitably trash it and destroy the property?

[@badfox1962]

Ms.justice you are a coplete fucking idiot.

[@darkapothecary4116]

@ms.justice KITCHEN please do rent out to them get some of that experience and see how much of that income actually covers with actual damage caused

[@18266609]

usually people who can't get tenants because their property is in a crap area where nobody wants to live.

[@spikefivefivefive]

@ms.justice KITCHEN - If Section 8 tenants are better then why are more and more landlords abandoning the program? Because people who get their shit for free don't appreciate the things that other people EARN.

[@zodiac890]

only a sick in the head person would say what u did and beleive what u say

[@Dislike-kq9uq]

"I've been on section 8 for... 20 years"

[@farmer9180]

If you want your property trashed and deal will Gov. inspectors that don’t know any thing about house construction then rent to a section 8 person.

[@michaelgodbee122]

It ain't landlords job to take financial hit just make it easy on you

[@acajudi100]

20 years on section 8. OMG😡 Housing and utilities always costed 75% of my net working and retirement income. I use the 25% for saving, travel, insurance, education, and helping non beggars from my limited excess. I stayed a virgin, married at 27, and had our only daughter 10 years later at 37. I was able to travel the world on vacation, and raise our daughter as a widow, since her birth.

[@amoszook3775]

Bravo

[@hickman7909]

landlord's: I don't want my shit f'ed up

[@harmony3279]

20 years she was on Section 8? There should be a limit that people can be on government assistance. In 20 years, she could've earned a PhD or established a business. Pure Laziness!!

[@JenessaAndKingston]

Wow a lot of ignorance in the comments. I have section 8. I am a single working mom. I work full time as a stylist. I waited years on the list and was happy when it came up on the list. For me it means not having to have a roommate or a man. Independence. Affordable rent is all it is. My rent is $995 i pay $567 each month and section 8 covers the rest. I keep my place spotless . I work, i pay taxes. Been with my landlord 8 years (2 on section 8). I was a good tenant before and still a good tenant now 🤷‍♀️one income is hard to live on. You can find PLENTY of tenant horror stories from people without section 8 as well 😂 so lets be real.

[@apllu17]

Yet, if your section 8 housing included a program where you would require saving for a house to own, would you do that? If it included being able to use a first time home buyers incentive to getting you to own, wouldn't that be better than renting under voucher for 20 years? When Clinton reformed welfare in the 1990s, he made it time limited. He created the welfare to work program, where recipients were given between 5-7 years of monetary assistance and a chance to get a college degree or a trade. Then once employed, reduction of welfare followed. It encourages folks to work.

[@ThePecanTan]

Independent? Lol... sweetie, you're not Independent if you're receiving a handout. Cut it out.

[@DEJones-et5hd]

Section 8 people ruin or mess up beautiful neighbors

[@sunsprite4545]

Section 8 may be necessary for some, especially the truly disabled but the fact of the matter is others who work hard and are barely on the brink financially yet don't qualify for section 8 or HUD are harmed because it causes rents to rise artificially for everyone else and those lower waged hard workers are left paying higher rents than they would otherwise.

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Thank you for the lesson in Capitalism. Guess your post didn't age well.

[@drtimarmstrongable]

Poor Lisa. She's having a hard time. She cannot find a free house. She's flabbergasted that her city has changed with the passing of time. She feels that she has seniority in the free house game. Well Lisa, I pay $1200. In rent. Nobody helps me. I am always 30 days from being homeless. I think about every time I am short on rent. Guess what Lisa?, you are having are having trouble getting free housing, but I'm having a WORSE time paying. As we are all pushed to the margins with rent increasing and wages stagnant, it becomes very difficult for the working poor and struggling middle class to sympathize with these people and their "sad" situations. Sympathy can be found in the dictionary in between the words "shit" and "syphilis".

[@cpvsgvmnt2116]

Victor O'Rourke I sympathize with you, not the welfare leach. I’m glad you have a roof over your head.. and I’m sorry you are one paycheck from going under.

[@cheshire-yu4nz]

Oh and that's a good thing? Having thousands of people encroaching and ugly ass buildings turning something that was once pristine into a dump.

[@mystudent11]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. 20 yrs living on her ass. Get a job.

[@heathermonroe1266]

I agree Victor thank you

[@sheawhitaker6839]

Landlords shouldn't have to rent their property to someone they don't want as a tenant. Key words it's the landowners property not Huds. Hud should not be allowed to tell people who they have to rent too.

[@darlened1912]

wow 20 yrs to long

[@Rickky1971]

Section 8 messes up areas. Due to the fact that most people on section 8 are not going to take care of their place to live because it's really not theirs. I have seen a lot of sec 8 properties in my city and they are ALL fucked up. Some use to be nice but after time they turn to shit because people do not take care of their area.

[@peggyghirardello275]

God after twenty years help yourself I am senior maryland we have pay full price twenty years is enough don't u think tax payers think few years get on your feet help yourself

[@francinegarcia4981]

liar liar!You don't pay full rent! The government gives you the money that you are getting from social security!

[@lynnjenny295]

MAYBE YOU CAN APPLY FOR LOW INCOME THERE'S WAYS TO HAVE A CHEAPER LIVE STOP JUDING OTHERS

[@tcla3854]

Who's on section 8 for 20 years? It should be temporary, people are taking advantage of this program. Landlords aren't turning away the vouchers, they're turning away the mentality.

[@helenzapata3814]

work lady, we all do!!

[@lynnjenny295]

I DON'T WORK AND I'M 39 I HAVE MY OWN APARTMENT SO SHUT UP

[@cultofmalgus1310]

@@lynnjenny295 lose weight and stop trying to sing. You sound like shit! XD

[@patrickmorrison6253]

i been in the usa for 38 years never been out of work or been on section 8 i came to the usa 19 years old with i suitcase and a 100 dollars

[@ts3858]

My cousin is disabled and has struggled to find housing on section 8 in Calif. She is NOT lazy struggles with a mental disability to affect daily functioning. Please dont lump everyone in the same category

[@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu]

instituionalization

[@vickieharris3850]

@@CharlesCoderre-yv1cu they don't just throw people in institutions.

[@richardmolina5274]

I LIVE BY MY SELF NEVER HAD SEC 8 BARELY MAKING IT .WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY MORE AT THE SAME UNIT.THEY TEAR THE PLACE UP.AND PAY LESS.

[@olatutuakinyelure9680]

Get u a voucher if you are low income. I only accept 1 bedroom vouchers

[@thatguyrightthere2267]

20 years. There should be a cut off for some people. It's understandable for disabled citizens needing the assistance but able bodied people who have not bettered their situation in 20 years is difficult to understand

[@MDAdams72668]

a female with 2 kids can "earn" 60k tax-free per year by using all the programs available that's about 100k Hard to convince someone to work when doing nothing pays that well.

[@andrewfilm6432]

Sometimes Section 8 awards vouchers to families who lost their homes in wild fires, tornadoes. Sometimes Section 8 vouchers go to people who are recently widowed. Sometimes the holder of these vouchers has been a good tenant all their lives, always paid their rent on time and left the property in perfect condition and received a reimbursement deposit in full. Normally I wouldn't care about bad mouthing comments but I ask all of you to consider your words carefully . Thank you.

[@cherimerchant6279]

but the good tenants will now get thrown in with the bad by landlords and have a hard time getting places, ,through no fault of their own,landlords are like people who walk into stores or schools etc and shoot anyone, just for no justified reason,their blood thirsty with greed, and misplaced vengeance,

[@bernieudo4399]

You make my point. The few bad apples ruin it for everyone. Prob is those bad apples cost an average of $5,000-$10,000 in damages--inside & outside the home w/appliances damaged or stolen.

[@migueldomina190]

The good tenants get tossed with bad ones,and mix income is the worst...

[@marietta1335]

@@cherimerchant6279 Landlords want to keep good tenants. Otherwise, what's the use of getting into the rental business if they avoid both bad and good tenants? Think again.

[@DragoMusivini]

I never took section 8.I was on food stamps because I needed help buying food for myself and mother.When I found a job I came off of it because I did not want to be a mooch like other people.

[@arleneaugustahair8393]

Drago Musevini exactly! I did the same thing! I never had Section 8. I had food stamps for a little while and that was it. I went to school and leveled up. She plays too much!

[@DragoMusivini]

@@arleneaugustahair8393 Problem is soon or later the tit will run dry.Then was happens to the people that actually needed it.

[@tjstraw1]

I did the same thing. I was on food stamps for a couple of months. When I got a job, I went down to the office and told them I have a job, instead of just letting it "run out" like other people wanted me to do.

[@eshablair4841]

Do you pay your child support?

[@DragoMusivini]

@@eshablair4841 Nope.

[@tracivela9137]

She don't look disabled to me....so why has she been on section 8 for 20 years....????? She needs to get a job and pay her own bills....just like everyone else.

[@ericy71]

Traci Vela ....here’s the kicker she can pass the section 8 voucher down to her kids so the enabling continues...I think it should only be a 5 year program after that your on your own, how long do it take to get on your feet

[@BitterPeachh]

She is low income can't afford to pay market rent.

[@rodneywilliams6000]

@@BitterPeachh Then she needs to go to a career college or trade school and get a decent career. I got my CDLs at 40 years old and not looking back.

[@BitterPeachh]

@@rodneywilliams6000 You can't make no one go to school who don't want to go. Some people have learning disabilities.

[@BitterPeachh]

Everyone else don't pay their own bills. If that's so she wouldn't need section 8. And when you pay a portion, it goes according to your income and not fill rent. She is low income.

[@jcrowley1985]

So HUD needs landlords to be reasonable in rent? Will HUD be reasonable with landlords and help repair damaged units from neglectful and abusive tenants? No, then they need to protect their property and investment with rents that will cover damages.

[@nilla003]

2:22 The "housing providers" have invested their $$ into these units and they should be able to extract the maximum rent that the market will bear. They're paying the maintenance, the taxes, the insurance etc.

[@moltenmagmalava3737]

I've been on section 8 for 20 years. Hahaha LOL. Meanwhile I work 2 jobs. Guess I'm the fool.

[@proteus2892]

She's been on section 8 for 20 years???!!!! Why didn't she go to school to better herself???!!! I don't feel bad for her. She's a leach who chose to do nothing with her life.

[@galegrazutis964]

Hey relax she didn't do NOTHING with her life! She bred all those kids for the taxpayers to support!!😁😁😁😁

[@sheenspeaks]

HOnestly I cannot fault anyone who does not want a section 8 tenant. If I ever become a landlord, I won't accept it either because of the risks. I think the only people who should accept section 8 is well established landlords who are also handymen/carpenters have already made/ saved a bunch of money who can deal with the repairs or the skills to do them themselves. Many new landlords who are just getting started cannot take a chance on a tenant who will possibily cause extensive damage to the home...Most would rather not get rent vs guaranteed rent with significant damage.

[@fucklife1]

Do not profile. That isn't right there is plenty os good voucher holders such as my self. I have perfect credit score and can't even get an apartment just because I have a voucher. Also it is ILLEGAL IN SOME STATES TO DENY PEOPLE JUDT BECAUSE THRY HAVE A VOUCHER.

[@sheenspeaks]

@@fucklife1 It is unfortunate but you are a part of a demographic where the majority is known to tear up stuff and cause problems. It is really unfortunate, but people have to group you together because there is no way to differentiate who is who. Trust me, I am obviously black and get grouped too. It is what it is. But like I said the only landlords who should take a chance are the ones who are financially stable (without rent) and those who are capable of fixing the repairs themselves. A new landlord starting out should not because it could ruin him if they ruin the property and he has no financial means to fix it.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

Public assistance housing should be a pain in the ass by design. That means a barebones apartment with only the essentials to make it habitable. Central heat and a/c, reliable plumbing, a range to cook and bake, and a fridge. If they still make the kind you have to defrost yourself, use that. As for a dishwasher, Section 8ers can use the two they already have, their right hand, and left hand. No Wi-Fi hotspots, no provisions for cable or dish. And Section 8 should be TEMPORARY!!! Not a lifestyle!! No more than 18 months max!!! Taxpayers should not have to carry any able bodied person from cradle to grave!!!

[@nikicarrie4071]

Taxpayers carry politicians and other countries, we can help our own people. Politicians get 176 off days every year, do you ???

[@lindsayschutz]

I’m not on section 8, but dang that’s harsh! I’m low income, but even my apartment has an automatic dishwasher, in unit laundry, and AC (spend a summer where I live and you’ll appreciate the necessity of having one). I don’t own them, but rather my landlord does.

[@gloriasmith5375]

I own a house and I would never rent my house out to anyone on section 8. I also would never raise rent either

[@theonewhoknows9615]

Believe this or not, if you ever put that in writing “never rent to section 8” Section 8 (people on it can sue you). I know a couple of people who rented to section 8 and their properties were destroyed Low income, in some cases bring down the community. When it comes to tenants, Choose wisely

[@bilosopher1189]

They need to move to NY, LA, Portland, Seattle. Do not rent to Sec 8 if your property is in a nice neighborhood. We all know what happens.

[@DucatiQueen]

I own several properties throughout the country. I used to rent to section 8 tenants but learned very quickly from that mistake. These people are free loaders and have a general DISREGARD for your property. I rather let a place sit for month or years then rent to someone vindictive, who will run it down or flat out destroy it !

[@laurastrong4337]

20 years ago on section 8?!! Did I hear that? She aren’t even trying to help herself

[@abcd0193]

They SHOULD turn them away. Those people are ATROCIOUS!

[@galegrazutis964]

ABSOLUTELY!!!

[@nicknevares5069]

She been on section 8 for 20 years. Lmao wow

[@denisemitchell7796]

Why are you laughing? If that what takes for her to survive then so be it. Not all section 8 or govt receipts are trashy or uneducated, I am 50 years old due to my health and because I am hearing impaired i have to do what I have to do. This is my first time living un low income apt and yes just receiving section 8. My home is always clean and neat. Nothing was giving to me off of platter. Despite of my hearing as deaf woman, I struggled and raised my son until he was old enough to take care of himself and when my health started take its turn. If I need help I didn't mind asking. Some of the same people who critisize others that's in glass houses, Those homes are either broken into, or burned down so be careful who you make fun of God is always watching

[@kybble]

If sec 8 was responsible for damages cause by people on their program it would be accepted more. They need to change the rules on those on the program. Like 1 car working tents no cell phone only land line take care of lawn pay all utilities.

[@gregorylevi1826]

If Denver is too expensive perhaps she should move next door to Lakewood. When I vacationed in Colorado I didn't want to pay those high prices for hotel rooms in Denver. So instead I stayed in Lakewood along this street that was lined with motels. Denver Public Transit has a bus that runs between the two cities almost twenty-four hours. I had complete access to Denver without burning a hole in my pocket because I stayed in Lakewood.

[@Alteringrealitystudios]

Aww now do what the rest of us hard working individuals do. WORK to support your self.

[@maryshaffer8474]

I've never been on Section 8. It totally ruined the regular rental rates for others though.

[@archenema6792]

Numerous studies have shown that tenants of comparable income who are NOT on Section 8 take better care of the property, violate lease terms less often, and generate fewer police calls to the residence. No responsible landlord would ever accept Section 8.

[@itsmob4life]

Families??? No, baby mamas.

[@markmyjak7739]

The bottom line is she is a consumer not a producer. Maybe some hard questions of these people need to be asked: are you a consumer or producer? What are you doing to better your self?

[@amoszook3775]

She is a PARASITE eating out the earnings of hard working honest people who have their own families to house.

[@dtom8830]

And now Denver will FORCE property owners to take Section 8. In 2 years, those property owners will get tired of the Section 8 BS and will sell their properties in Denver to buy rental investments in the suburbs. Then watch everyone whine about how many less rentals there are. But thank you Denver, because my rental property is already in the suburb, and now the rental value will go up because of this ill conceived law.

[@jcrowley1985]

You can't force them to accept anyone as a tenant. They can't outright deny them without discriminating, but they can just tell them "the rental has been filled, sorry"

[@dtom8830]

jcrowley1985 - and yet the government has forced landlords to accept bad tenants many times in the past.

[@olatutuakinyelure9680]

They cannot make us accept S8 tenants

[@snirks8635]

They can't force you... dramatic much😒

[@brucelee5576]

" for Lisa the clock is ticking" Yeah for 20 years !

[@Cromie45]

Imagine thinking you own someone else's property 😂

[@fleabag2mr.151]

20 years on section 8, really? On the dole for 20 years, while I work 60 to 80 hours to pay for these handouts. Need a time limit of 5 years for all welfare.

[@110311DONTWANTCHANNE]

in 20 years she couldn't find a way to be self sufficient? ie no babies, find roommates, etc

[@laurens.2503]

When a section 8 moves from one place to another they need to bring a letter from their previous landlord stating they are a good renter/tennant to give to the new landlord. No good letter, no rental period. It is clear section 8 housing is not working. 20 yrs, WTF. Section 8 people need to be educated, not the landlord. Section 8 people need to be drug tested also.

[@kooldjmagic]

she's going to have to leave denver and look some place else.

[@olatutuakinyelure9680]

Yep she gotta PORT OUT her voucher

[@gregpeterman1102]

Section 8 people are not the type of people you can expect to take care of the property they rent.

[@sandraperales996]

Girl 20 years!!!👀 She needed to do something along time ago and she shouldn’t be on section 8 anymore. No MAS!!!! At the rate she’s going, she’ll retire still on section 8.

[@schylperry3230]

THE GOVERNMENT IS GOING TO HAVE TO START BUILDING HOUSING PROJECTS AGAIN MANAGED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY

[@toober1714]

She's just a Dreamer... living the 20-year dream.

[@gloriasmith5375]

Ok, she's been on section 8 for 20 years..SMH. it needs to be an cut off after 5 years

[@galegrazutis964]

Sounding a fairly amount of time to me!!!

[@tigersteele9552]

THESE HOS MAKE ......A LIFETIME OF WELFARE!!! I CANNOT FEEL SORRY FOR ANY OF THEM.....THEY NEVER TRY TO IMPROVE THEMSELVES!!! THEY ARE...IGNORANT......STOP GETTING KNOCKED UP!!! WORK...OR YOU DO NOT EAT!!!

[@Shadow-7773]

She can not find a home in the neighborhood she wants, but i would bet she could find one in another section. She said they come over here, and now we are homeless, we've been here all of our lives!. She wants a high rent place, at section eight prices. Funny how none of these folks blame the poor records of folks before them? It's the bad attitudes is the reasons she can not find a place.

[@darlened1912]

get a damn job

[@lynnjenny295]

LEAVE US ALONE I HAVE LOW INCOME STOP JUDGING US WE ACTUALLY NEED HELP

[@TheLivi3]

You may never know when you might need one.

[@roddanlives2650]

Rent is damn high in Denver! They wiped out the Black communities that used to be there.

[@alex13taylor]

You sound so ignorant.

[@silencesmatomsom5687]

People like me who is told no always filing serious complaints against the country all I ask for is segeration and I get a no I don't want section 8 😡 better yet keep filing serious complaints against the country about the terrisom acts the country keep accusing me of from 1976 it's like 50 complaints against the country already it like 300 complaints against the country about this situation

[@bonsummers2657]

There are grave cultural and behavioral shortcomings typical with Section 8 recipients. Such as ghetto culture and too many children to take care of, even if one, as well as more of course.

[@jaypat4353]

Landlords are in the business to make money off real estate! Not pity those who can’t afford to survive. Real estate investors had to struggle and save to create a better situation for their families.

[@matthewholmes5285]

I'm a Landlord. As soon as someone says "Section 8" I turn them down. I don't do it because I'm mean or anything. There are 2 reasons why. #1 - I've NEVER seen a Section 8 person/family take care of the rental unit. They ALWAYS in the past left the unit in such bad shape it takes $4,000 to $6,000 to get it back to the condition it was in before they rented it! The "Government" does NOT cover the cost of the repairs! #2 - We got screwed out of 2 months' rent one time on a Section 8 person plus had to fork out thousands in repairs on top of that. So, it doesn't make good financial sense to rent to Section 8s. We got screwed from 2 angles! I work with private entities that help people find housing all the time, just not the one's the Government runs!

[@wb6162]

I love how the Welfare Queen who admits to be on Sec 8 for 20+ years has a problem with the new people coming in (her words).

[@spikefivefivefive]

And they might actually be taxpayers. But she's obviously too stupid and too entitled to realize that.

[@lynnjenny295]

YA'LL NEED TO SHUT THE HELL UP AND LEAVE US ALONE WE ACTUALLY NEED HELP SO I WOULD KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT IF I WERE YOU

[@sarahsimpkins1311]

@@lynnjenny295 right because you never know they might be in that situation

[@frankyb9682]

Wow! On section 8 for 20 years

[@jeffhosler1518]

Maybe if you didn't drive down property values and stopped destroying the homes you get for free someone might take you in.

[@rudddogg2575]

Get rid of it

[@honeybeedavis7939]

I wish I could get help with living expenses; I can't so I hobble to work in pain everyday. The older people that I know have utilized these programs appreciated the help and were very responsible. I can see some not all young adults being a problem

[@moltenmagmalava3737]

Being s landlord is not a charity.

[@KP-rh5qz]

Shouldn’t rely on section 8 or assistance (especially for 20 years). In 20 years there are universities and trade schools that offer great education.

[@Southgate210]

As long as the government keeps on giving it to them? The longer it will take!

[@Shannete572]

Katrina Perez you think section 8 will let people go to college?

[@morrisx1169]

Landlords are supposed to lower their rent?. Landlords do not want to rent to people with Section 8 ,because tenant dont want to pay their portion of the rent even if it's just $300.

[@harastusshuck451]

I thought the Section 8 Program was a temporary "hand up" program rather than a career or lifestyle. 20 years -- geez!!! Also, as some people move to where the jobs are thus creating a healthy competitive market for housing, this Section 8 recipient should be thinking about leaving Denver for a lower-cost-of-living locale. Without knowing more about this Section 8 recipient's personal story, I won't make any further comments on the value the Denver tax payer receives or doesn't receive for 20 years of handouts to this recipient.

[@jeanheard4615]

I had a section 8 House they tore it up they even took the foot off the closet and they never clean up never again

[@pcprincipal191]

Who would you want to rent to section 8 recipients? What’s the benefit to renting to section 8 over non section 8... she’s been on section 8 for 20 years enough said !!!!

[@conchitanelson4305]

Have custody of my grandkids ages 1 and 2. Working hard afraid of eviction. Section 8 says they are full nothing for me. I work!!! Guess I got to get a second job. Please help us who really need it.

[@lesliesorady5771]

If an individual cannot afford to live in a particular area, perhaps the city could save money by assisting with relocation to an area of the country with cheaper housing. The Federal and State governments charge homeowners yearly taxes for the privilege of owning a home...let them use those funds to build cheap housing. The government has basically created this problem by removing personal responsibility and subsidizing illegitimate births. There is no excuse for someone who is able bodied to be receiving section 8 for 20 years.

[@WEG906]

Landlords have been burned . Seems like tenants have more rights than landlords . I only do short term rentals ( airbnbs ) for now coz I can’t trust people to take care of my property

[@eshablair4841]

Sec 8 - really helped me. I was able to keep a roof over my son's head. I was able to work and go to school. I had Sec 8 from 19 yrs old though 27 yrs old. I enjoyed working but some jobs paid too little to consistently afford rent. So I would work 2 P.T. jobs or 1 FT job and go to school. So I was grateful. Also being a young teen parent my hardship was the daycares weren't open on wknds or evenings so it was hard for me to work and go to school. My son was in daycare during the week and I would have to depend on others on wknds and or after daycare hours. In Denver they couldn't miss more than 3 days of daycare per year to get daycare assistance. I never got the cash just daycare and food stamps but once you made over 8$ per hour it could only be daycare and medical, Sec8 is separate. Being in healthcare I landed a job at KP- and worked there 13 yrs but there is no KP in the state I moved to. I did not finish college due to not being able to depend on people - I was told just work- but luckily after high school while still living at home I obtained a medical assistant certificate. My point of telling my business lol is that some one out there will not give up and wait to have more kids. My boys are 10 yrs apart-due to being a teen parent. If you want the best for our kids WAIT!

[@thisorthat4195]

Bums. All bums. The only thing worse than a bum is a bureaucrat.

[@jfloresdrums]

Section 8 for 20 years? Yeah get a job!

[@carolynforge8586]

Funny they never think about what it does to the neighbors and the neighborhood when they bring in these sick people.

[@galegrazutis964]

OMG! You REALLY hit the nail on the head with this comment!!!