Hundreds scramble for Dallas County rental vouchers

[harvey007]

Source: WFAA TV

DALLAS — At least eight people were hurt Thursday morning while scrambling to line up for a limited number of Dallas County rental vouchers — after waiting for hours in their cars.
People lined up Thursday morning to apply for Dallas County Section 8 housing vouchers. Dallas County sheriff's spokesman Kim Leach estimated the crowd at about 5,000.

Read more: http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/Hundreds-line-up-for-Dallas-County-Rental-Vouchers-125555383.html

[larwdem]

1. I seen

I seen the Forbes poll of top 10 city's with the lowest unemployment numbers, And Dallas was one of them, I call that bull shit

[ncrainbowgrrl]

2. Perhaps so. From what I learned from a Dallas friend on section 8

apts hard to find that accept the vouchers except in neighborhoods that frankly someone on SSDI who's so frail and in constant pain/ wishes like anything she could get apt. near friends... if an apt. complex takes 2 sec8 tenants, it's hard to get there and be first- especially for ppl not in her situation- where they're working 2 and 3 jobs and raising kids...

[boppers]

3. Population: 2,412,827

Ten percent of that is 241,267.
One percent of that is 24,126.
This is less than a tenth of 1 percent.

[ret5hd]

4. i guess we could start reckoning unemployment based on...

how many show up for an advertised job at mickey d's.

[unkachuck]

5. unbelievable....

"Health officials said they processed 4,000 to 5,000 applicants on Thursday morning, adding that as many as 15,000 could ask to be put on a list with only 3,800 vouchers available over the next few years."

....now explain to me how we're not in the midst of another Great Depression....

[harvey007]

6. And here's the Sec. 8 situation in Austin

There are millions of low-income people who could qualify for "Section 8" but can't get this vital rent subsidy because the U.S.A. prefers to spend its money on war.

http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/charity/entries/2011/07/12/section_8_list_not_open.html?cxntfid=blogs_charity_chat

[cutlassmama]

9. and yet there are empty foreclosed homes all over the city

[defendandprotect]

7. kr

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