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SolitaryMarmot t1_jdjez5y wrote

Reply to comment by flightwaves in NYC tenants report rampant housing discrimination by landlords over vouchers by DrogDrill

so guaranteed rent payment from the government is bad? huh?

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flightwaves t1_jdjfags wrote

It can be pulled at any time and then landlord is SOL and stuck with tenant who he no way to pay

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SolitaryMarmot t1_jdjftlt wrote

no it can't. you can only lose your section 8 voucher for specific reasons. It's not like...oh sorry, your voucher wasn't appropriated this year. Once you are in the program, you are in. Thats why the waiting list for vouchers is years long.

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Airhostnyc t1_jdjl9o2 wrote

Not all vouchers are section 8. Section 8 also only pays 70%

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IAmGoingToSleepNow t1_jdm1afa wrote

And the deadbeat tenants will absolutely wreck the apartment to get out of their portion of the rent.

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SolitaryMarmot t1_jdjnaiy wrote

True. But it's the same with public housing section 9. Even a market rate tenant can lose a job and not be able to pay rent during the term of a lease. With section 8 (assuming your apartment meets the HUD criteria) you'll at least get 70% of the rent every month

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MrGarrett t1_jdjiq8t wrote

Think there is a non zero chance republicans move to gut section 8 now that social security seems to be off the table when the debt showdown starts ramping up more.

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irishdancer2 t1_jdjtpm4 wrote

Then a couple of government blowhards starting measuring their dicks and that guarantee is not so solid.

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SolitaryMarmot t1_jdjz95v wrote

That's not how that program worked. It gave homeless people up to $1000 to pay towards an apartment lease for up to 2 years. Any landlord that accepted that voucher knew it would be gone in 24 months anyway. And it wasn't a voucher for any apartment. They had to sign up individual apartments for the Advantage program. So in a building you would have normal apartments and voucher apartments. Its not like Section 8 which will pay for any apartment up to code.

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