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Lemme guess ... was it tin foil or barney bed sheets for window coverings that gave it away? 
Section 8: Should I or Not??
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CalvertNewbie
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That's so true. There are, of course, limited exceptions to that but most of the section 8 rentals get destroyed. I used to work with the section 8 kids. Their families were trash, their living conditions were disgusting. Surely they could have afforded cleaning supplies but they didn't feel the need to clean.....ever. In fact, on more than one occasion cockroaches crawled out of the kids bookbags at school. Where did they come from? Yes, from home.
I never understood why they want to live like animals. They're getting a free ride and they still feel the need to act like animals and live in a craphole? Never made sense to me. Even the ones with the convincing sob stories don't stay so sweet forever. Then you can't get them out of your house.
I'd let my house go back to the bank before I'd rent to section 8.
Qurious
Im On 1.
thats your dads fault....he should've did better screenings rather than be greedy with gov't funds.
That would be the typical response of a welfare recipient who lives off the good will of others.
SShewbert
What love is all about
I dont understand judging all people on Section 8 just for being on Section 8. When my husband and I were first married, and moved to Missouri we lived with his mom at first until we could get approved for Section 8, because he could not work at the time and I was working for $5.15 an hour and was getting about 30 hours a week. The house we lived in we did work on and left it in better condition then when we moved in. The landlord was so nice. And we still get a good reference from him.
Then we got to the point we were making enough money and did not need the Section 8. Every other house we have lived in since then we have done work on. I can not understand tearing another person's proprety up. The second house we lived in my husband had to redo the utility room floor. There was no floor when we moved in you could see the ground. Not to mention the previous tenats had four big dogs in the house and the first time my husband took me to see it I had on kakhi pants and when we came out all you could see was black spots from the fleas.
The place we just moved into here my husband told the landlord we would go ahead and move in although he wanted to change the carpet and my husband did that as well as us painting it.
Then we got to the point we were making enough money and did not need the Section 8. Every other house we have lived in since then we have done work on. I can not understand tearing another person's proprety up. The second house we lived in my husband had to redo the utility room floor. There was no floor when we moved in you could see the ground. Not to mention the previous tenats had four big dogs in the house and the first time my husband took me to see it I had on kakhi pants and when we came out all you could see was black spots from the fleas.
The place we just moved into here my husband told the landlord we would go ahead and move in although he wanted to change the carpet and my husband did that as well as us painting it.
jetmonkey
New Member
Why should we support you when you could have been living with family?
SShewbert
What love is all about
I was working therefore you were not supporting me.....
Good for you guys for fixing up the place. People are just so judgemental of everything anyway and its a right to have opinions. I think this area around here has more than a few trashy people that just don't care, section 8 or not. I do feel that the housing authority needs to crack down on people that abuse the system, like work towards goals. Maybe if you have a job working 20 hours, work on going for something by 40 hours in this timeframe or you lose your assistance. Or maybe send them to classes to expand job experience, I would rather my taxes go towards getting them educated rather than sitting on their cracks and staying on the system. I knew someone that had a job at walmart and was on section 8. So of course, not a great job, and she was paying very little for rent. So she quits her job and boom, full rent and everything goes into effect for her. To me, she should have had another job lined up before quitting. I also believe that there are not enough people working within social services to help keep a careful eye on everyone that I am sure more reports come through thy neighbor.
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HouseCat
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If you're hard up to rent a place, try advertising it only on the base (e.g., the base housing office, base newspaper, etc.). While there's no guarantee a military person/family won't trash your house, you generally have some recourse (eg., threatening to get their commander involved if they fudge it up or don't pay rent) whereas you have a lot less with some random deadbeat or even normal tenant situation. When we rented our house in AZ for 5 years, that's what we did, and we never had a problem. The only damage was a small fire in the kitche, which the active duty tenant promptly paid to have fixed/repaired.
This is an excellent idea. There are a lot of military familes who get relocated here and dealing with the housing cost shock is a lot of stress for them. Being new to the area, and on base, you know all you have to do is call their First Sergeant if they trash the joint.