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In reply to the discussion: Fucking Welfare Queens [View all]crimson77
(305 posts)I lived in section 8 housing, It was really nice apartments in a well to do town, run by a private managment company, You had to pay 33% of your monthly income(i.e work,govt. assist). HUD would make up the other 66%. The only reason the managment firm did it was because when it was being built they got loans on the guarantee that the apts would accept Section 8. Now the building was about 80 units. About 20 of them were old folks, retirees and lower middle class people on a fixed income. The other 60 were divided in 2. 30 units of affordable housing and 30 units market rent. The market people were what I would call "transient" tenants. Most were upwardly mobile young single waiting to get married or buy a house. The others were just getting divorced or relocating for short periods of time. The lifers were the section 8 people, I saw scam on top of scam. Life was fun growing, so it alleviated the suck nature of living there. One of my favorite scams was if you had 2 children and they were both boys or girls, they had to stay in the same room. If you had a boy and a girl who were separated by more than 5 years, well they got seperate rooms. Where I lived a 3 bedroom was the creme de la creme. You had about 6 rooms and 2 bathrooms. You would be shocked at how many friend of mine have brother or sister that are 5 years younger then them.