Gothamist: Are Landlords Discriminating Against Rent Vouchers?

billytheboy

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:21:43 -0500

i hate ignorant people, honestly i hope that they pass this as a mandatory thing just because people are on section 8 it doesn't meen that they are nasty or irresponsible people that won't take care of the apartment, landlords just want more for theyre apartment than section 8 is willing to give wich it's messed up and chelly tell your friend to call 311 and watch them fix that apartment up and if anyone would like to think otherwise, well you can rot in hell.

perryair

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:09:57 -0500

IT couldn't possibly be anything to do with the fact that sometimes landlords have to wait up to a year to get their reimbursement.. http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:MjKRTxfo-XcJ:www.shnny.org/documents/SummaryofFindings_Section8ResearchProject_Final.doc+section+8+voucher+reimbursement+delays&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us Try that with your car dealer or the cell phone company and see what happens..

JMZ

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:23:11 -0500

FREE MARKET CAPITALISM IS THE BEST PATH TO PROSPERITY!!!!!!!! Low supply+High demand = Higher prices I'll continue to charge as much as the market will bear. Do you really want a tenant that will be virtually impossible to get rid of when it comes time to sell your property ?

Chelly

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:12:13 -0500

My friend got her apartment in the Bronx through the Sec 8 voucher program. It took her months to find a place. The various buildings who participate in the Sec 8 program turned her down on the spot, without even checking her rental history etc. The place she is at now is is run by s shotty landlord/super who doesn't like to fix/replace anything.

c00n

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:08:13 -0500

Why can't owners have the final say on who they want to rent to and live on their property?

JacqueMehoff

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:16:08 -0500

You don't say? I thought vouchers would help the housing situation?

aeris2126

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:16:01 -0500

This is definitely a fact. My mother is on disability and thus has a fixed income, she has lived in the same apartment in a private house for the last seven years with her section 8 voucher and she has never had a late or missing payment of her rent portion, she has never had any problems with her old landlord. The house she lives in, however, was recently sold and she has to move, and it has been the hardest thing for me to find her a new apartment. The minute anyone hears section 8 voucher they don't care if you have a spotless tenant record. The only place you can find an apartment is in a crappy neighborhood. It's ridiculus.

Peter

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:08:03 -0500

It actually works both ways from a landlord's perspective: accepting Section 8 requires dealing with bureaucracy (not good), but it eliminates any risk of tenants who fail to pay their rent (good).

Reality Czech

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:06:12 -0500

I'm sure rent vouchers bring in the best possible tenants.