This story about low income families living the Luxury Lifestyle pisses me off

[fbj]

Landlords for Luxury apt buildings are now open to accepting section 8 vouchers because they need a new stream of income due to not many people renting. So what the **** am I working for? These hoodrats get to live it up while I live in a studio apt because of the high cost of one bedroom apts.

Phila Housing Authority is placing low incomes ghetto families in luxury apts. Is that fair to people in the $70,000 to $80, 000 salary range?

 

[Arlette]

Landlords for Luxury apt buildings are now open to accepting section 8 vouchers because they need a new stream of income due to not many people renting. So what the **** am I working for? These hoodrats get to live it up while I live in a studio apt because of the high cost of one bedroom apts.

More landlords seek low-income vouchers as rent competition spikes, PHA fine-tunes program

Market-rate landlords have long had an uneasy relationship with the Housing Choice Voucher program. Why are they signing on now?

www.inquirer.com

Paywall

 

[fbj]

Paywall

what?

 

[Arlette]

what?

Your article. One has to pay to read it.

 

[GMCGeneral]

What it all boils down to is these Landlords are going to be in for a rude awakening when these Section 8 hoodrats leave the apartments a wreck because they don't take good care of them. When I delivered electrical supplies, one of the contractors working on renovations to Belmont housing told me of the horrid conditions these "tenants" left the buildings that now had to undergo multimillion dollar renovations, only to get ruined again, and again, and again.

 

[Arlette]

The country needs affordable housing, not more high end apartments.

 

[fbj]

Paywall

Ok I got rid of it didnt know that, basically PHA is giving the life of luxury to poor families while someone making $60,000 to $90,000 dont have the same option

 

[Natural Citizen]

Your article. One has to pay to read it.

I didn't get a paywall.

I see a lot of people say they hit paywalls on articles, but I read the same articles by clicking the same posted links and never get a paywall.

I think it's their browser settings.

 

[odanny]

I didn't get a paywall. Did anyone read that? Where is Philadelphia coming up with this money? Funding for Section 8 was always low and the article said only 1/4 of those eligible got it, and then I read this later in the article:



That’s because in 2018, PHA got the power to set different rents for vouchers depending on the area. That meant voucher holders were more likely to be able to afford rent for a unit in Chestnut Hill, where a one-bedroom apartment averages $2,350, and not just in neighborhoods like East Germantown, where average rent is far lower.

“Gone are the days you might have expected [us] to pay 80% of the market rate,” said PHA president Jeremiah. “We’re paying 100% of the market rate and, in some instances, because of the amenities, the location, the type of units, and the services being provided to residents, we can go even higher.”


The story is explicity clear, and it is part of Jeremiah's direction, as he says, is to get low income Section 8 renters in more expensive neighborhoods. You want lower rents? That is one way to get them, flood expensive neighborhoods with Section 8 renters. They won't be expensive for long.

 

[Unkotare]

Your article. One has to pay to read it.

The OP has to pay someone to read it to him.

 

[Arlette]

The OP has to pay someone to read it to him.

Nah, it's fixed

 

[ozro]

Ok I got rid of it didnt know that, basically PHA is giving the life of luxury to poor families while someone making $60,000 to $90,000 dont have the same option

First off, if you live in Philadelphia, that's the first problem. Seems like all my life housing has been a problem there. No, I never lived there, but it seems as if it gets reported by the news often enough through the years that I remember it.
But the real issue here is, you have the pride and dignity of being responsible for yourself and paying your own way. If you get a luxury apartment without paying, you will lose that. Maybe it doesn't sound like it's worth it, but later in you life you will realize the true worth of that pride and dignity.

 

[fbj]

First off, if you live in Philadelphia, that's the first problem. Seems like all my life housing has been a problem there. No, I never lived there, but it seems as if it gets reported by the news often enough through the years that I remember it.
But the real issue here is, you have the pride and dignity of being responsible for yourself and paying your own way. If you get a luxury apartment without paying, you will lose that. Maybe it doesn't sound like it's worth it, but later in you life you will realize the true worth of that pride and dignity.

But who the **** wants to work hard and finally get a luxury apt and look at a ghetto ass family in the hallway

 

[ozro]

Ok I got rid of it didnt know that, basically PHA is giving the life of luxury to poor families while someone making $60,000 to $90,000 dont have the same option

First off, if you live in Philadelphia, that's the first problem. Seems like all my life housing has been a problem there. No, I never lived there, but it seems as if it gets reported by the news often enough through the years that I remember it.
But the real issue here is, you have the pride and dignity of being responsible for yourself and paying your own way. If you get a luxury apartment without paying, you will lose that. Maybe it doesn't sound like it's worth it, but later in you life you will realize the true worth of that pride and dignity.

But who the **** wants to work hard and finally get a luxury apt and look at a ghetto ass family in the hallway

Hahaha, hey I get it. Really I do. I had a friend who used to live around there, a place called Vineland, Jersey I think, maybe Delaware. He is gone now for several years actually, but he claimed he could live there and commute to Philly cheaper than he could rent in Philly. Just a thought.

 

[IM2]

Landlords for Luxury apt buildings are now open to accepting section 8 vouchers because they need a new stream of income due to not many people renting. So what the **** am I working for? These hoodrats get to live it up while I live in a studio apt because of the high cost of one bedroom apts.

Phila Housing Authority is placing low incomes ghetto families in luxury apts. Is that fair to people in the $70,000 to $80, 000 salary range?

Your attitude is ridiculous.

 

[Vastator]

I got paid when I clicked the link... weird...

 

[fbj]

Your attitude is ridiculous.

its a slap in the face to middle class

 

[fbj]

I got paid when I clicked the link... weird...

shut your lying ass up

 

[Vastator]

shut your lying ass up

Simmer down section 8. You're welfare envy is stincking up the place.

 

[braalian]

Landlords for Luxury apt buildings are now open to accepting section 8 vouchers because they need a new stream of income due to not many people renting. So what the **** am I working for? These hoodrats get to live it up while I live in a studio apt because of the high cost of one bedroom apts.

Phila Housing Authority is placing low incomes ghetto families in luxury apts. Is that fair to people in the $70,000 to $80, 000 salary range?

Stop whining