2 On Your Side: Approved Section 8 applicants find affordable housing hard to come by
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- CBSLA's Kristine Lazar reports on the on the long waits and difficulty in finding affordable housing, even for applicants who have been approved for Section 8 vouchers through Los Angeles County. Experts say there is simply not enough housing, nor are there are a lot of landlords eager to take on Section 8 tenants, both of which contributes to the problem of homelessness.
I live right by a section 8 apartment complex. I've seen brand new Lexus, Chargers (not your standard v6) and even newer Tahoes. If there is an issue finding section 8 for those who truly need it they can thank those who take advantage of it.
Sooooo jealous or what? Of those poor colored people your spending too much time on watching.
Doesn't mean they take advantage(although some do) . Could mean they have good credit, or visitors or a job. You can work on section 8.
@@zettagooden3358 Any type of social programs (Section 8, Medicaid, Food Stamps, etc.) put the income thresholds so low that people cannot legally qualify unless they are really below the poverty line. Two income households will definitely not make the cut. As a result, there are people living on the property who are not part of the lease. They use that income to get ahead on below market rent. When government officials come by to check on the properties, the people not on the lease clear out their belongings beforehand. I grew up in a Section 8 household so I know how it works. A guy making 40K a year, but paying a 1/3 of an $800/dollar month can definitely get a souped-up Charger.
@@zettagooden3358 yes it does. Of you can afford $500 car payment, you can afford rent. Period. Tax payers can’t stand you
My section 8 tenant had a nice new BMW 3 series.
It’s not always the tenants fault on why some landlords don’t accept section 8. It’s because of the bureaucracy of the section 8 office and program. They are a nightmare to deal with. Worse than the DMV. At least the DMV functions somewhat. HUD and section 8 case managers need to fix how they run things. Maybe do a news story on that.
Section 8 tenants tend to have a history of ruining property. Some, NOT all. So owners won’t rent to them.
I totally understand...maybe a more strict screening for housing.
Yea, have read alot of posts of any trash a place for some reason so makes decent renters look bad and so owners wont take hud due to past problems any. i hope when i can move i able find a decent place and not wait forever before help runs out any.
So people with no section 8 don’t tear up properties? Most people on section 8 don’t want to lose their voucher by damaging property so that is a crap point
@@katritawilliams3245 lady it’s already strict enough sheesh
That's why u rent the property through a reputable rental agency that does proper background checks. You don't just judge every book by its cover. Landlords miss out on so many good tenants this way. Crazy thing is, section 8 or not, any person can damage the property and NOT pay the rent.
I once rented my property to section 8 tenants. Never again!! I once got called to change a f’ing lightbulb. There was a MAN, his girlfriend and 2 children. They called me to change a lightbulb. I had to also change the battery in the smoke detector. The sorry a$$ man disconnected it because it chirped instead of just replacing the battery. I would’ve taken the money out the rent had they simply called and asked. They damaged my ceiling fan and crack the toilet tank. How in the world they did that is beyond me. Some really nasty, lazy people.
I can't blame anybody for not taking section 8 housing
Stereotype. Not everyone is the same.
@@DontDooTooMuch When people don't have to pay for it they don't care if it gets messed up.
You as the landlord knew those batteries needed to be changed out often. After all, they were battery operated fire detectors and carbon monoxide detectors. Why didn’t you just leave a pack of extra batteries with them? You were trying to past the expense on to your tenants. It’s so obvious.
@@052970, no one is thinking about smoke detector batteries for tenants. If it starts chirping, it only costs about $5 to replace the battery. As I said they simply could've called and asked for it to be subtracted from the rent if it's that big a deal, instead of disconnecting it. The way I found out what they did was the inspector put it on the report for me to handle. This is why I no longer rent to them. I only rent to responsible adults who can communicate.
Why are landlords running credit checks on guaranteed income/Section 8
If a guarantee of monthly rent from the federal government, a sign-on bonus of $2500 and up to $5000 of reimbursement for renovations, there must be some really big resons why landlords don't want it. Really big.
Probably because that 5000 cap on reimbursement for damages is not enough to fix the condition of how some people leave the unit. The one instance that my husband and I agreed to accept section 8 on a condo, aside from the calls from the sheriff three times, we were left with 11K in losses. After a lengthy eviction all the appliances were missing, the carpets ripped out, rolled up and smashed through the windows. I mean they really left a terrible taste in my mouth and I never accepted them again. That's just my experience I'm sure most are considerate
@@spirosmith1389 that was similar to my experience. They caused issues, it was hard to get them out, they caused 40k in damages at the end when they finally left. Given the opportunity I would not rent to a section 8 tenant again, the risks are too high considering the lack of control you have and the lack of responsibility the tenant and housing authority have on the unit afterwards.
The honest truth is if you have two applications in front of you, one with a stable income that meets the requirements, good credit, and good references and someone with a section 8 voucher with a lower credit score, lower income and no references, which one would you select to trust with a very expensive asset? Honestly I had fallen for the idea of the guaranteed rent and the idea that the person would be incentivized to take care of the property since they’d not want to jeopardize their voucher. My experience was further from the truth. I had not considered that the same person who can’t afford the rent themselves, can’t afford the utilities and bills completely, let alone any money for repairs after they leave. So there is no incentive for them to not destroy the place. The housing authority will also pit the tenant against you, ie they damage the unit before inspection (ie broken windows, doors etc) and will hold the voucher hostage from the landlord. So as the landlord you have to pay out of your pocket to fix it if you want the voucher, the case workers will tell the tenant this. Of course housing authority will give the verbiage that it’s the tenants responsibility to the landlord, but it is lip service. If they want to fix it, the housing authority needs to a) during their inspections note the condition and if the places is trashed, really look at removing them from the program b) be financially responsible for all damage done to the unit and not just $5k. That isn’t nearly enough.
The landlord has to participate in the program. It's not worth it.
It sure isn't! Tell the truth many landlords gave sec8 a chance & got burned by the tenant & their providers that have no regards for their lease. Then when many are called on their violations they damage the apts. I'd never do it again!
You could get affordable housing but then you have to get worried about getting shot in the lawn
Actúally there are section 8 in very unexpected safe places surrounded by million dollar homes in Orange County. It’s very lowkey.
@@Brisun A "million $ home" in SoCal may be a 1200 square foot, 90 year old junker.
@@rons5319 no I’ve been there it’s really nice in ladera ranch
Section 8 as is creates “cycle of poverty”. Agreed.
It really does.
It absolutely does! I had hopes of taking my voucher to get better but somebody targeted me, I Lost My two-bedroom apartment due to them not repairing in a ceiling caved in, they lied sent my rent back claimed I didn't pay it, my son left I lost my animals, I also believe they hired this man to pretend he loved me using me to go on the road and worked with him I think they used it to trick me, it was nothing but emotional mental repeated abuse, I absolutely believe he was hired that he works with the housing authority as well as the landlord here why they do not want me moving anywhere, no repairs the light cover put on underneath is so hot it's the last before you put a cover on it it was black on the ceiling so they'll probably use it and blame me if something happened, I do believe now they absolutely use us that are vulnerable they use vulnerable people. This is how they get richer they use us wrongly!!!! Some!! I don't think everybody's corrupt, but I learned the hard way as well as in trapping me here making false lies about me I'm an isolation, and work with the corrupt I believe that because it's been 7 years now I wanted to believe the best for too long and I think I'm one that's just use for their money, for any hopes to move to feel free again I was told when I got in here if I don't leave now I won't be free it has taken 7 years but I am realizing there reasons why, were only used, some of us, they walk on, for there money, no landlord or anyone he knows should be on MY phones or personal info..for ANY reasons!!unless they are doing something wrong!.. thinking I came a long way only to find false hope never mattered, because once these people find out we're in counseling or something they will use that or anything they can to hurt us and seem to get away with this
A single man on section 8?I never seen this before
His situation is unique ... his mother passed away and he is a student.
Hiv,mental health,veterans and others who apply that are men are all eligible.Skidriw is full of single men on section 8.
@@dimediamond ok? He isn’t the first
@@dimediamond so. He's young and not wanting to work. That's a lazy fk right there. He can be a busser or server meantime or mc Donald's or something. I see "now hiring" everywhere.
My neighbor is here illegally, a felon, and the 2 kids that approves him, for this assistance, has to clean up after the people he hides inside the house because they for one, aren't supposed to be there, 2 - one is the mother that abandoned the kids to begin with. They park all over the streets, shoot off guns when they are drinking, steal everyone else's mail, ask people for shit, cry about their personal relationships. Yes of coarse his belly is to his knees and he has rack of tits he is very proud of, while yelling at everyone else. 😂
Better get your housing now before the Ukraine's people take what's left..
😂
If you’re looking for handout, then too bad
they better get in line after the afghanies.. the Haitians.. and the South Americans
My friend has a section 8 voucher she can take anywhere in the country. If you cant find housing where you live now, then move elsewhere where the rents aren’t so high! It sucks but keeping a roof over your head is the most important thing! And, stop having so many kids you can’t afford to take care of them! It’s sucks that a lot of people trash landlords properties that have these vouchers too! That’s why they by and large won’t take section 8 vouchers anymore. Too much riff raff and more people residing there than what is allowed, such as family and boyfriends. I don’t blame landlords at all, I blame the tenants!
You have to live in the county you get the voucher for a year first-if something can be found
Housing is high everywhere now..Genius..😂
@@margueritemazzeo2904 well too bad. Support yourself
That's not how that works, Section 8 vouchers are by county. Some counties have a port in to transfer from one to another but not all do.
Are you an unhappy person? Is your life truly that miserable?
I’ve seen your name on a few clips and wow every single time I’ve seen your name it’s always something negative you’re complaining about!! Like nothing positive comes out of your mouth. It’s kinda sad.
Like you’re constantly judging people, putting people down, insulting people, wow! You must be a horrible person to be around, I can guarantee you have no friends and are lonely and miserable and putting others down makes you feel good huh?
So so sad how some people are just so nasty towards others. God have mercy on your soul!
In my neighborhood, their is known rental houses. On one occasion the landlord of a rental property disclosed to me that a renter did not pay his rent for over a year. The renter took advantage of the moratorium on evictions. The landlod said that he lost about $12000 dollars because he could not evict a delinquent tenant. When the tenant had to move, he trashed the rental priperty.
My parents own well taken rental properties and they rented out one of the houses for a total of 8 years to section 8 and every family that lived there did serious damage. I know its not all section 8 do this but a vast majority do.
Local governments also need to be audited as they have audited the people who live on the vouchers. They lie on Section 8 holders an owner's caused them to be trapped in situations where the voucher holder is has to pay back $800,000 and or face jail time for not cooperating with their scam.
Our country prefers giving billions of our tax dollars and bring refugees to our country with full benefits work free than helping it's own citizens to live a decent living 🤔
Yes.
When you vote blue that's what they do..
Like you
@@greenearthblueskies8556 did I hurt your feelings strawberry shortcake?
@@docholliday2961 🤣 u wish
Well considering how many people on section 8 trash houses and neighborhoods it doesn't surprise me. Neighborhoods with section 8 tenants often see an increase of crime, loud and rude people moving in, nice houses get trashed, and graffiti gets sprayed everywhere. Section 8 wouldn't be an issue if more screening was done.
Not everyone behaves this way...that is like saying all college kids that use parents as co-signers do the same thing to their properties. Or if you rent to anyone with children they will damage the property because children are destructive.
@@arearesident5152 No, not every resident behaves this way, but too many do. Have you ever been through a section 8 neighborhood? Where I used to live, before section 8 came along, it was beautiful, clean, friendly, and welcoming. Once section 8 started, suddenly there was trash everywhere, people scream, curse, fight, and blast gangster rap all day and night, drug dealers are everywhere, and the crime rate soared. Houses that had clean yards were bought and rented to section 8 tenants and suddenly the lawns were overgrown and littered with fastfood bags, cigarettes, and shopping carts. The idea of section 8 was to allow lower-class people to move into middle-class neighborhoods with the belief that they would adapt, make positive changes, and become middle-class. Instead, we learned the hard way that forcing low-class scum into clean, charming middle-class neighborhoods doesn't change their behavior at all. They remain trashy and take advantage of the welfare system. Single mothers with one or two kids suddenly had five kids yet no father was in sight. Those kids grow up undisciplined and damage property because they can. The cold, hard truth about section 8 is that it invites lazy, loud, rude, violent, drug-dealing scum into nice neighborhoods and over time those people destroy the once lively, wholesome streets
You are confusing the "projects" with "housing choice voucher" recipients. Yes the projects are like that...but that is not the same program as the HCV.
@@BeanBag343 Thank you. That's exactly the wash, rinse, repeat mentality that I would never do again. Sec8 needs to truly remove the many bad ones from the program & reimburse landlords for the damages they do to our properties. But they don't & won't, that's why I'd never have another 1. Too entitled
@@BeanBag343 it is EXACTLY why I live in a neighborhood with a HOA. There is NO renting to Section 8 whatsoever. We aren’t allowed to at all. People hate HOAs but ours is only $28 a month and our houses are really nice. I made sure we did that because I know my husband wouldn’t have kept up with the house like I wanted him to. Now he has no choice whatsoever. I told him that I wasn’t going to live in anyone’s ghetto when he retired from the Army.
I was on the Section 8 waiting list since 2014! I gave up on California as I just can't afford to live there! I moved to Florida and I now live in a nice house and only pay 500 dollars a month! Screw Section 8! It takes over 10 years to even get approved for it! By then a person may be dead!! To those trying to get on it, dont!! Just move out of state!!! It is cheaper to live in another state!!!
Where in the fk do you pay for a house in fl for 500 a month??? I call bullsh-t!!!
What’s your annual wage?
In the ghetto of Miami for $500? Or in some crap area in the wood swamps with alligators
Right I wonder which state should I choose.
Must be a ROOM.
I was in property management for over 10 years. I had tenants with 750 credit scores, new cars, excellent rental history etc who destroyed the rental unit. 90% of my Sect 8 residents always paid their share of rent on time, kept their unit clean and respected the rules of the property. There are always a few bad apples in the batch. The factors that are most important are their rental history: paying in timely manner ? Evictions ?Would the previous landlord rent to them again ? and proof of income. One eviction would be ok but they absolutely require a co signer with income as back up. If yes to these screening questions then "Welcome to your New Home"
Wrong
Thank you for that.
I'm going through the same thing with sec8 voucher I have been trying too get a 2brm apartment on the first floor for my son and me I'm currently on disability and my son is also I have been in a car accident and had a mild stroke I've been trying too get a extension for finding a good place but it's not easy-going for people who have sec8 landlords don't want too accept section 8 voucher s they're giving you
I have section 8 it’s a blessing , at the same time the more I progress , the more it could be tooken away .. the more you make .. you’ll still struggle to try and pay rent.. at the end it’s all the same ..
I never had section 8 which is why I was able to progress so fast and afford my own place without government assistance. You never realize your full potential when you have to rely on others. The goal is to get off of welfare and section 8 it’s not meant to subsidize your lifestyle for the rest of your life.
That’s because it’s supposed to be temporary
@@alwaysdreaming5175 what makes you think they're on it long term not everyone wants to be on section 8 forever
@@alwaysdreaming5175 get off high horse
*Taken....not Tooken
I have a 2 bedroom section 8 voucher but I live in a 1 bedroom with my child and have for 5 years. I can't get a two bedroom in my neighborhood because the price is too high and goes over what housing allows. Rent in Seattle and the surrounding area's is so high you can't find anything with section 8. I was told to downgrade to a 1 bedroom and use my 2 bedroom voucher allotment. So i was able to keep my 2 bedroom voucher and use the amount they give you for a 2 bedroom voucher to rent 1 bedroom. I gave the bedroom to my son and sleep on the couch!
@@JANET.DELGADO yes!😊 If you have a 2 bedroom voucher you can utilize all that money to get a nice 1 bedroom...and you still keep your 2 bedroom voucher! You can do the same thing with a 3 or 4 bedroom voucher. For example...if you have a 4 bedroom voucher you can use it, and all the money they allow for that 4 bedroom voucher to move into a really nice 3 bedroom house...Your just downsizing bedrooms but your 4 bedroom voucher stays the same and your still allowed to keep it...your just living in a 3 bedroom but you would still be a 4 bedroom voucher holder! So down the road wherever you move you would continue to have your 4 bedroom voucher. I hope that makes sense! People on housing will be doing this alot in the future because you can't find anything with the money they give you...if a person is willing to downsize it's alot easier to find something. It's the only way i could do it out of the hood.
@@MelindaTheBeautiful I actually have a degree in buisness Information technology. My sister was killed by her husband 6 years and im raising my nephew by myself. Im also going through the process of buying a habitat for humanity home! Dont attack people for struggling. It's not right!
@@sarasherry5586
I have custody of my nephew too but I work 40 hours a week Plus.
@@truthhurtshuh5443 Question? Do you think people on this program don't work?
@@sarasherry5586
Exactly you must didn't see my other comment on the other video I worked in healthcare and I know for a fact every time I asked a certain people to work I can't work past a certain amount of hours I don't want to mess up my section 8 and I said in the other comment section they need to do away with this whole program see what you do then you either will sink or swim and by the way I really don't give a damn I'm retired.
I’m confused on why he would need Sec8. He has no children, not a caretaker of an elderly relative. He’s going to school great… but he’s a single male. He can easily work two full time jobs as well as go to school. This is Ridiculous.
Listen to yourself. Gosh... 2 full time jobs??? Plus school ...that's tough.
@@whereaboutsunknown3822 Duh… I am listening to myself that is why I posted the comment… I did it … it was tough but it can be done. Why take a housing voucher opportunity away from a homeless family with children or an elderly person and/or disabled person because you want to take the easy street and be lazy. He is not disabled, he is not a full time caretaker of an elderly/ disabled person, and he does not have children.
@@royaldiadem_ he lost his job when his mom died dude. Although if it comes down to a funeral or job loss his mom would not have wanted him to lose his job. It is annoying though he got help so fast but disabled can’t even get a room
@@back2the80s he could find a job as a server or something. They hiring. He wants a handouts.
@@alextogo8367 tell him not me
It's against the law to not except a tenant with a Section 8 voucher. So what the landlords do is exceed the rent amount that the Housing Authority will pay.
Exactly!
I’ve rented to a section 8 tenant in the past and given the opportunity, they would not be my first choice. While I feel like the person interviewed is the exception rather than the rule, you do end up with a tenant who doesn’t have any skin in the game to take care of the property. You also get stuck in between the tenant and the housing authority, ie. Tenant’s boyfriend/girlfriend moves in and they are constantly fighting, breaks windows… landlord ends up paying to fix it if you want to receive the rent from the voucher. They’ll say that the tenant should repair it, but ultimately you’re put between a rock and a hard place because if you hold that line, you’re going to need to do an eviction and that takes even longer and more $ out of pocket. The $5k reimbursement is not enough to cover the damage they can do, if they want landlords to consider the voucher, they also need to be on the hook for any damage the tenant causes. I had originally thought that the ability to stay in the program would be enough incentive, but clearly it isn’t the case.
Landlords don't need government incentives. We need the government to stop making laws that make it harder to get rid of bad tenants. If we could quickly and easily remove non-paying and disruptive tenants from our properties, maybe we would take a chance on those barely qualified to rent from us.
Now this I agree with. If it wasn’t so hard to evict landlords would take risks on less than ideal tenants.
THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY AGREE!
Thats BS. Section 8 is still paying below market. Landlords arent taking "chances" on a below market rent amount.
😢i feel this me and my kids are homeless here in Georgia with the same problem
I'm sorry you are going through this. I had to go through a rental agency. It helped me. And I could tell you some stories about me. I beat the odds.
Where’s your family,friends and support system ?
Where’s your kids father? Why are you dealing with this alone?
Can’t you go to a shelter? No judgement...just questions.
@@greenearthblueskies8556 She doesn’t have help. Most people don’t either.
@@greenearthblueskies8556 what support system, families are separated and displaced forcing some to leave the states they've lived their whole life due to rent increase and luxury condos pushing people apart.
@@greenearthblueskies8556 when i was homeless it was really hard for my mom to find a shelter most of them are either full or dont accept kids or just make you wait outside to be first or they just put you on some sort of waitlist until they have a spot which means you can be waiting for days or even months and sometimes family are in different states or dont have contact
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Thank you for this report, the same is going in FL, very sad that Rental landlords judge everyone by the same color and refused to give others a chance. there's a lot of good people on section 8 that can serve a good and a safe place to live.
Its always been like that- many need to realize they need to work- it's simple but if you qualify they need to ok it. If not hire a lawyer. These people cross our borders send them all to Washington DC. Impeach Biden he is useless to us all
@Melissa Grey Duncan And it doesn’t cover repairs.
They judge potential tenants not by color but by very objective income, credit score, and previous EVICTIONS. " The best predictor of future behavior is past and present behavior." EVICTIONS.
@@MBoldman50 Its a business, Why would anyone invest money and not get a return on it ) I for one do not want to jump through hoops with the government just to get in and stay in the program to get rent payments , Most times bellow market rate , And once you rent to a 8 and (if / when) they tear up your rental good luck getting a government source to care what happened let alone pay for damages, Rent to someone with a job, a credit score and damage deposit,they have something to lose with a eviction and a bad report on there credit, Sometimes life is not fair, But its life
Gov: we'll do what we can to help landlords with incentives.
Landlords: Thanks goverment but 🖕.
She has the govt helped landlords? You ruin property, landlords take less than market value and when you don’t pay the landlord has no recourse. And when you destroy and steal the landlord never gets reimbursed. Are those words too big for you? You’re a liability. Entitled You aren’t owed housing.
Neighbors upstairs have section 8 housing for which they’ve lived over 15 yrs on that apt. Always the loudest, trashiest neighbors who have 4 children, mom, bf, and 2 adult teens living in that ONE BEDROOM apt. I have no idea how they pull it off. However I hope this man gets back in his feet !
I was born and raised in LA. It is now a dirty, crowded and expensive place to live. No one wants to rent to sec 8 because of a reputation of sec 8 tenants with multiple kids and baby daddies destroying people’s property. Most also have unstable employment and poor credit history. The rampant unchecked illegal immigration also doesn’t help in an already overcrowded expensive city.
@@shadmoss4089 Not just Black women. By the looks of it your mother was a Black woman. Don’t stereotype.
I lived through this exact situation & had a great credit score, very little debt, great rental history, no evictions, stable income from disability...but once your homeless you have a break in your rental history-which could be explained by a # of things like travelling or living with family; but landlords will take ANY excuse to block you if you have section 8. It should be a CRIME!
It takes years, not months on section 8!!!
There should be consequences for section 8 recipients who trash houses.
Yes puts them in the shelters eternal is a privilege to have a housing programs in these times and if someone don't takes care of there voucher send to the sherter and gives to others ones can appreciate is so simple
Programs like this should go to the elderly and the disabled people. Just because you have children doesn't mean you can't work and support you and your children. I was in a store once with my niece and she said her friend was pregnant again. I said you can have as many children you can afford without welfare. The lady behind us said preach. Say it louder so the one's in the back can hear you.
We were in beautiful apartments but once they started renting to Section 8, the place became TRASHED!
it's the same here. not enough landlords taking section 8 vouchers or the rent is higher than the voucher.
I love in Kansas and I have a voucher. The bad thing is they are building apartments all.over the place but no one can afford them and they don't except the voucher. The place I had was bought by another company and that company decided that they didn't want to accept to voucher anymore. That has happened twice and I'm a teacher.
I feel for you...but not the lazy and entitled
So what is that telling you about sec8? That even companies are selling & refusing the program b/c of the many, many, many bad tenants. I have apts available, but won't rent to sec8.
My condolences to this young man. Not having your mom (parents) so young is tough. More Section 8 should go to college kids, seniors, vets, working people, young married couples. Wishful thinking. Baby mommas have ruin the reputation of the Section 8 program. I'm glad he found an apartment. Now he better kick a$$ at UCLA.
You are Right, and you touched my heart with your Sweet Comment.
It's hard because the "baby momma" culture has basically been in effect for two generations now. I was a product of a "baby momma" situation, so I lived it. Not just talking smack. Many poor families have very dysfunctional and self-destructive habits that are passed down to the kids. It's a very vicious cycle and pretty much systemic. The Section 8 issue is just one aspect of the fallout.
Actually, Veterans shouldn’t be included because we have our own type of Section 8 and home programs. We literally take care of our own. We have our own food programs and all. When I see fellow veterans mention being on Section 8 and having issues, I tell them which VA lines to call. There are programs where it’s Veterans who own multiple homes rent out to fellow Veterans who are down on their luck. We have programs to help them with employment and all. You will not believe the amount of programs we have specifically for Veterans alone. We also have our own events for Homeless Veterans. We have our own clothing programs. You will be amazed at the amount of help we give to each other. Whenever I get free food packages, I definitely make sure that even though my son doesn’t live with me he has food. I just gave away some food to him and other people yesterday that I got from a food bank. I give food to a Homeless Shelter. We have our own Veteran Nursing homes and all. We have our own Homeless Shelters. Unfortunately, some Veterans don’t know about those programs.
Single working people get screwed with any government benefits or stimulus.
How is it the tax payers problem he lost his parents? As tragic as that is. Why is it always someone else’s job to support you? Figure it out like they did before welfare
Sad to say, but the affordable housing ship has sailed. Society tried it in the late 20th century. Housing projects and Section 8 were everywhere. That's why so few people were homeless then. Unfortunately, one bad apple spoils the bunch, so affordable housing now has a huge stigma. But more importantly, there are so many new renters who make enough money to pay the high rents (tech remote workers, wealthy foreign students, etc.) that landlords no longer have to consider Section 8. It's just the new economic landscape.
One bad apple? Cmon. 90%
You sound like someone who's never HAD to rent. Oh lucky you.
The only solution here is to move out of California.
Right I wanted to move to Cali but after watching this naw
To East....
It costs money to move. It’s a cycle.
Yup, Californians should move to red states and vote blue. I’ll stay here with my diverse food options, beautiful weather and the Pacific Ocean.
All “good things” must come to end! Others have TOTALLY messed it up, as far as section-8!
Sec 8 tenants are *PROBLEMATIC* I avoid them with my properties. Some people like the "security" of ssi-sec 8 tenants given their rent is subsidized....
What i find odd about this story is that people have been on the sec 8 lists for years. Yet, this guy seemingly got a voucher in under 2yrs?
So it happens
If he's a full time student...
Section 8 is the new "projects."
I'm not problematic and I have section 8 living in NYC. I'm a EMT/HHA. My children goes to charter schools and well behaved. I work come home and mind my business. It's just me and my children no friends. And live in the same apartment and this is my 1st on my own now for 7 yrs and ppl here don't even know my name still (neighbors). So not every Sec 8 tenant is PROBLEMATIC
@@malikasusino2664 ... you're echoing my exact sentiment. Many of the prepubescent comments are so judgemental; it's TERRIBLY infuriating!!! I wish you well in all your endeavors.... namaste.
2700$ no way I pay that . house payment here in southern Illinois.its a poor area to
Can anyone explain why The employees at Los Angeles Housing Authority are so MEAN TO HUMAN BEINGS!!! It's completely frustrating to reason with them.
People are generally arrogant (or even downright hateful) to those they consider to be "less" than them. Even professionals in the help sector tend to look down on the very people they are charged with helping.
Yes i can thay zre dumb as a door and dont care . Get a peaper cet of the enternet thaypay for and treat you like a 2 doller ho . Thusends are riped off bilding the housing and one in z do to jail for it
Stop fucking whith my tablet
Disabled and seniors must be be on the short end of that...
Section 8 housing props up high rents for the rest of us with your tax money. It's a lose-lose situation. Not to mention that Section 8 neighbors (and their kids) are almost always the worst tenants in the complex.
I live in Pennsylania. The Average rent where I live is $1250 per month. That not furnished. I'm disabled. I finally got a section 8 voucher for $800 but had to be everything included. There is nothing and you are only given 2 months to find a place or you lose the voucher. Hit seems like a scam. Its more that the amount allotted for the voucher should be raised to a reasonable amount. At least the "Average" amount that the apartment rents are in any given area. I have a lot more to say but you get the picture?
Sorry lots of typos. The Average amounts of the vouchers
Private property owners/landlords are not compelled to reduce their rental income to match the government subsidy. What you really want is the government to subsidize your rent AND provide the living unit. That is the definition of government housing.
Well the govt created this problem. As a landlord we got the snot beat out of us. No evictions for going on 2 years, tenants that didn't pay for as long. And never had to prove any loss of income New laws that empower tenants. Our leases were totally void. So welcome to our club I don't feel sorry for ya. I have 1 tenant that paid faithfully & honors the lease. As a result I wouldn't dare raise his 1 ,000.00 rent. And he has a 4 bedroom
@@back2the80s Good for you, as noticing the outcome of the housing shortages & rents increasing many didn’t. Also I can tell you that as a mom & pop landlord I certainly don’t have a lot of money. And never expected to. I work as a delivery driver 40 hrs a week. That’s why despite having 1 good tenant I don’t need to raise the rent. And could sell & make a really good profit, I won’t. Because I know that would put them in a real financial bind
with the eviction moratorium crippling landlords to bankruptcy....I doubt any landlords are going to be interested to do business with government moving forward
My daughter and I had section 8 in LA for 9 yrs. We only got it because she was a minor and got diagnosed with cancer. We had a house in Koreatown, IRANIAN owner who was a SOB! We were great tenants, took care of things, did no damage. He wanted us out so he could redo the house, (it was a dump and INFESTED with cockroaches). All the yrs we were there, not once could we use the oven because as soon as you turned it on the stench would make you throw up, from all the cockroaches and other bugs in there. We also had RATS! All those yrs we complained about it abd Section 8 did nothing about it. Anyway, we had to get out and there were absolutely NO PLACE TO GO so we lost our voucher. We had to split up. My daughter went out of state to stay with a friend and her family, thank GOD. But me, I've got noone and had nowhere to go so I ended up homeless in my vehicle. Its been 4 yrs and 9 mos and I'm still homeless. And btw, they put illegals in the house we were in. LA takes care of the frikn mexicans, including the ILLEGAL ones, before taking care of an AMERICAN. FACT!!!!
There is nothing wrong with that
I'm so sorry to hear that I hate the fact that section 8 only give you so much time to find something or they take your voucher that shit sucks
@@shawncrabtree7000 nothing wrong with what?
yeah im a frikn mexican like you said, served 25 years in the army,17 in the post office,have rental properties now still working at the age of 69.5 what have you done for this country? mr american.
I bet they got rid of those roaches instead of just complaining to the Landlord and it’s why he rented to them. They probably made some minor repairs also. I have seen this play out plenty of times. If I don’t like something, I handle it. If roaches and rats were a problem and the landlord didn’t handle it, I would have handled it myself because I’m the one who has to live there.
I own a house and we don’t have those issues because I handle it before it even becomes an issue. Most people don’t even pull out their stoves and refrigerators to clean behind them. When you live in a place, in order to make it comfortable for yourself, you’re going to literally have to do the work. I’m not living uncomfortably for anyone.
This is so sad because it took me 2 years and I finally found something and I’m in San Francisco where rent is 5,200 for a 2?bedroom
Some areas won’t increase voucher to amount needed to cover a basic one bedroom or in a ghetto. Then must live in slumlord buildings or projects
@@back2the80s Beggar's can't be choosey. The taxpayer should not have to house people in nice areas. They should have section 8er's double up in the trailer park.
@@confusedcynic9073 some people have different reasons why they live in low income I had a great job at a tech company Zynga i broke my back at work I never ever in my life thought i would be living on section 8 and went from 6 figures to SSDI
@@confusedcynic9073 you live in a nasty rusted trailer
@@back2the80s Its not to rusty, I am planning on moving up to a double wide soon. Maybe even take the wheels off.
Wish I was on section 8. Hawaii has no waiting list but yet I’m here paying full mortgage of 2600 with no help.
I have a friend who had several section 8 properties in the Palmdale area. He rented out to one property to an African American family with 4 children. Within one year they totally ruined his house. Practically the property was unlivable. The county ordered them to move out because they failed to keep up the property to a livable condition. Yeah, many private owners will be very, very scared to put their property in section 8.
One out of several huh
Is the system fault for not teach yes teach the trouble tenants to behave or and be clean in any section 8 programs apartments if they continue not to cooperate lest puts in the sherter to there eternal home if we continue to grants the bad tenants no is enough stop these cicle
Who cares what race you racist. All races get section 8
Why did the race of this family matter?
I WAS ON SECTION 8 FOR 7 YEARS I GOT IT IN 1 MONTH ON LONG ISLAND NY LIVED IN A NICE HOUSE AND GREAT AREA
i was homeless with my pregnant partner and section 8 did not help me these housing vouchers are a joke housing authority needs to get their act together they havent been talking to anybody or helping anybody since covid started
They sure do that’s why you need to go to hud of California go over there head trust me this is a big issue in California if we have to protest !!!
My bother keeps rent very reasonable with his property.dont ripp people off.
Where is he located?
This is every where.
You guys are building up all these high-rises and expensive parking lots and apartment buildings you guys should be building low income for section 8 people
$1800 plus for a tiny one bedroom in a so called luxury building. No utilities included and low income can’t afford
Why don't you buy lands and build affordable housing and rent them out to section 8? Landlords corporations investors and taxpayers ain't running charity or social services. Those affordable housing area will be another slum except senior housing SMFH
The idea of section 8, as I understand it anyway, is to allow lower income folks to live in middle class areas with better school systems, infrastructure, etc.
Projects don’t work, never have, never will. School systems in those areas are typically bad, roads and sidewalks are not taken care of. People get stuck in it and it becomes a generational thing. Section 8 is different and I hope it ends up working long term.
Cali ain’t t for the poor... so move where it’s more cost effective.
It is the LAW to accept a tenant regardless of their source of income in the entire state of California. SB329, Federal Law and you can take legal action against a landlord if needed.
Good to know
@Area Resident... also, the "Laws" are only as good as they are enforced; many LL's get away w/a plethora of violations. Code (do nothing) Enforcement, & Dept Of (do nothing) Public Health, are in the pockets of the properties being complained abt; make no mistake, this malfeasance is vast.
I needed this ty!!!!
Just exactly the type of tenant a landlord does not want. TROUBLE.
@@atteroljones6936 trouble or not. It's the law.
I'm going through this right now. I just had to ask for an extension because I can't find anything. If I don't find nothing before my extension expires I will loose my voucher.. now how is that helping people? I don't understand
Hi have you try looking on the Section 8 rental list? What state are you in?
@@deniseT333 I'm in Pa I've tried everything...
It’s hard to find housing in New York,Pa and Nj on low voucher limit. Rents don’t cover crap voucher. Waiting lists on everything and I’m sick of no affordable housing. Been applying for affordable housing for years and there is nothing !
Private property owners/landlords are not compelled to reduce their rental income to match the government subsidy. What you really want is the government to subsidize your rent AND provide the living unit. That is the definition of government housing.
Great program. Some people need to be on section 8. Most people have disabilities or have problems socializing (Networking) with others to get ahead.
@jay nino
My neighbor is a 40 year old female born and raised in Oakland. She fakes to be disabled so her and her 3out of 5 children can live with her. She only pays $50 a month towards her rent.
Gentrification!
Hey I'm in PA and I'm about to be homeless I applied for HUD and sex 8
I pray for anybody that has to do with this so I got to go back to work full time
One sided narrative. I had a house that I planned on renting to section 8, but they told me that I had to remove all the roses in the garden because they are dangerous to little children! I opted to sell the house.
ok not even a minute in the story and already disinformation and missing info. he lost his job because he traveled to his mom's funeral? that makes no sense; EVERY company has bereavement leave. so, whats the real story there: did he just stop showing up for work? did he take more then the allowed leave? c'mon guys
$2,000 bonus???? Is this a joke???? If you're a landlord in LA and you're wealthy enough to own many rental properties, do you really care about that $2,000 and all the legal requirements and dramas that come with Section 8????? Laughable
Land lord greed.👎
Yes they are 😡
And many are slumlord that keep building junky and nasty and rarely repair
Section 8 tenants greed if they’ve been on the program for years
I got a voucher.. then lost it after me and my 2 kids were in a house for 2 weeks. We lost it because I refuse to let my kids live with roaches.
You guys need to get a news crew on section 8 inspectors. These inspectors are egotistical, controlling and have a lot of unresolved childhood issues. I've been told to move my co detector down 6 inches even though it's been there for 7 years. Then one year move it to the left 8 feet. I've been told to add a trim over a closet door because it'll "look better" even though there hasn't been a trim for the last 6 inspections. It's not a safety or structural issue. They show up to the wrong unit and left a note on the wrong unit for inspection then threaten to cut our rent bc no one was there. We had an accent wall with distressed wood and they said it was termite infested even when we explained it was a design. Now, they expect the landlord to wait 8-4 pm at the unit and wait for a virtual inspection while the inspector sits at home telling the landlord what to test in the unit. Voucher holders have to be held to a higher standard and that should be part of the program. They don't know basic cleaning habits and the landlords rent gets cut.
How does housing work when you have to come up with first, last month plus deposit?????
You work 3 or 4 jobs necessary to qualify, plus side hustles like Instacart or Uber.
There is no "housing crisis" just a laziness crisis. We all have 24 hours in a day.
You can choose to be a bum or work your ass off.
People like these deserve a chance. Some people take advantage of Section 8 and landlords don't want multiple kids in units. This type of person is who a landlord should want. Most likely to succeed.
I think the government needs to build section 8 housing . instead expecting landlords to furnish them
There are so many greedy people out there that’s the real reason people can’t get into housing so sad I never got section 8,9 or 10 like she stated that program keeps you in the poor ares and you have a job just can’t afford market rent 😟😟😟
Close the Border! Case Closed!
I don't know how it is anyone else's business why someone is on section 8 or disability or social security, etc. Why they don't earn a lot of money, why they have so many children, it is none of their business. Is anyone asking them why they are costing so much for their Medicare, why they need so many tax breaks, why they have what they have and making sure they deserve it?
People are being really stupid mocking the poor. If you don't need help, don't take it, simple. I am sure you took whatever help you could get along the way, grants, scholarships, loans, etc. Why judge people for being poor? If you think that is Christian, remember the beggar at the pool who Christ healed. The disciples said, why was he born blind, and Christ answered, so that this miracle could be done. When you help the poor, it is like giving to Christ and doing a miracle for someone.
Everyone isn’t Christian and people are tired of being taken advantage of. The government needs to go back to having their own apartments buildings to place them in like they used to. This way no one has to deal with Landlords and people can get housing.
They also need to put a 5 year cap on able bodied individuals so they aren’t on Section 8 forever.
@@arleneaugustahair8393projects don’t work.
Section 8 funds should go towards a mortgage instead of paying for a temporary apartment.
Nope. No one who doesn’t earn their way should have more than those who. Why should tax payers pay for your house?
That's not here, Because housing gives you a waiting list , 5 year waiting list, And number 2 Avery landlord gave up renting price and they get MORE MONEY SECTION 8 , RATHER THAN THE REGULAR RENT, they have ares confused on theirs , idk gydnit
Landlords would of been paid rent during pandemic those on section8 they wanted wealthy they stopped paying rent
The section 8 landlords got their rent during the pandemic. Think about it
I live in a 3 bedroom 2 bathroom, 1 has a jacuzzi tub,2 living areas front and back deck..$500 and includes water,trash,and yard maintenance
Before this we lived in a city of 137k
Had a 3 bed 1 bath,garage,fenced back yard on a cul de sac for $625
Current LL bought land and our place was on it. He built a house and uses rent as extra income not to pay his mortgage. I am only saying this because if you can afford to relocate its worth the research. This country needs more section 8 housing for sure. Tiny houses cost about 30k to build,people are renovating portable sheds to live in which costs less than a tiny house.That could be affordable way to help solve lack of landlords who don't take section 8
I worked as a case manager for a homeless shelter. Its extremely frustrating to find non existent housing.
I am beyond grateful for my rent situation and never take it for granted
Lisa perry,I wouldn't brag about living in newport richey!!! Bwahaha!!! Nice single wide mobile home? I can practically HEAR the banjo music!!
@@bs4real how did you get Newport Richey? I dont live there and why the insults? Only trolls make unintelligent statements and where did I say a single wide mobile home?
THERE IS NO MONEY IN SOCIAL WORK
What about all the new apt. Buildings built for sec. 8 when will they be available and how can i be approved for open date of them?
If people have more than 2 cars it doesn’t matter how much they have waited, they will pass on an $800 2 bedroom waterfront in Oregon.
So you have 2 cars but can’t afford housing?
A lot of landlords hate the extreme oversight
Section 8 pays up to 2700 for rent, what a fool I was for working my whole life. That a good chunk of change, just to be handed to you. Work your whole life, and I think the maximum social security pays is 2500. Out of principal (something for nothing
) I would never rent to section 8, let alone a myriad of other reasons this program is bad.
It incentivizes laziness very well.I bet once the get on it's for life. LEACHES.
Nobody asked you. You mad bro?
@@rons5319 not in everyones case. My daughter and I had it only because she was a minor and got diagnosed with cancer
Only pays that in some areas not everywhere. Most times it’s under rent costs that doesn’t cover high rent
I believe $4600 is max for Social Security. If you invest in something like a 8 or 12 unit apartment complex in a poor section of somewhere like Memphis, the Section 8 program is great for the investor. It's guaranteed income from the gov. but the people you get are not the best and have multiple kids (out of wedlock) that usually are harder on the units. But the investors I speak to who own multiple properties always have one or two on Sec 8 because it smoothes out their returns. (ROI).
Hello I really need the Aplication for Apartment Section 8 please Thank you ??
Affordable housing has nothing to do with the homeless here in L A 99.9 percent of the time
High rents contribute to homelessness. way more than 0.1%.
LMFAO keep telling yourself that, the level of delusional you people have when it comes to solving this homeless problem, really still can't figure it out huh?
SEC. 8 VOUCHER HOLDERS = Police arriving constantly, Loud domestic fights, Kids screaming and crying, weed smell and smoke, cigarette smoke, Loud Music at 3am, stairway sitting blocking entry, cat calling, Public urination, Beer bottles and plastic cigar wrappers and weed bags on the property, Loud phone calls screaming profanity all day and night, Drug dealing, Fights, And worse is the entitlement and pride of these animals when confronted with thier actions.
3000 a month is so ridiculous
People on Section 8 housing have a list they have to go by rentwise and the utilities and if they pass all that and send in the Rifta housing can still denied because it doesn't meet fair market rent for that zipcode. So if say you find a place 2 bd for 2700 and it meets the housing requirements and the landlord sends in the Rifta packet but housing says the "Fair Martket Rent" for that zipcode is only 2200 then housing will denie that rental. It happend to me and housing wont give out a list of the fair market rents they look for so you can find one that meets that.
Voucher not large enough in some places to cover even a crappy studio
@@back2the80s no there not and even if you find a place housing can still denie it because it doesn't meet fair market rent. Thats bullshit!!!
@@back2the80saren’t they meant to help you pay the rent? Not fully cover it?
There is not a scarcity of units😅
Landlords are simply discriminating and that’s just that.
5000$ thats a Rent for Flat in Westeurope for 6Months or 1 year in Easteurope..including electricity and heating,i now pay for a 3 Room flat in total 800$ a Months..it was 600$ few years ago..🤔🇪🇺🇺🇸
What? A sign up bonus? I didn’t get that. I need to ask my property manager. It is in a nice neighborhood. The rent was pretty high. So I had some reservations.
And the government moved so slow and made us go through hoops of paperworks. And I didn’t get a rent for almost a month, because the inspector didn’t show up to give the place an approval for several weeks. The section 8 sucks. But it is a guaranteed rent. This particular tenant for some reason had a good credit.
Can I get a section 8 voucher!
Apply
U get foodstamps so u should be eligible
@@xoxoxoxoxo7997 I don’t get food stamps 🤔 what make assume I have food stamps 👹 I pay taxes and make too much for food stamps
How much you can have at the bank to qualify what about if you have saving up to 10.000? And some for checking accounts? Thanks
We do not rent to Section 8, period. Too risky. And the fact that Section 8 is offering "landlord bonuses" shows they themselves are aware of the reluctance. It is foolish to rent your $300,000 house to people who are entirely dependant upon the government for their basic needs. We don't want Section 8 people, the neighborhoods don't want them, and that's just the way it is.
I see some people on section 8 keep place in good condition they got a deposit back of 700 dollars and had been there for 10 years than bought a house
I don't understand why that guy got section 8 or HUD to begin with there are 40 million people in California God knows how many hundred thousands are homeless that are not even able to get on a HUD list or section 8 at all the waiting lists are closed 100% for years at a time and then they allow 50,000 people every three maybe five years to get a voucher but somehow he had to wait up to 5 months to get a voucher and get an apartment and the whole new story is focused on him what about the tens of thousands of people possibly every day in California that try to apply for HUD and get denied because the program is closed down
They told me on several occasions,that they had just received these housing choice vouchers. Yet months later no one has made a move for me not get what I qualify for.
It's great that this man overcame homeless, and it's nothing wrong with a man living with his mom.