Section 8 voucher rules

Wow!!! What is wrong with you people? You basically said that most poeple (or a high percentage of people) on section 8 are more than likely criminals and cant hold a job..well im sorry that is not true at all...i have a full time job that i have had for 12 years..its not low income but it does'nt cover what regular rent cost..i have 3 kids (all from the same father) and my kids father decided that he did not want to be with me..so he started another family..i come from a family with both parents and never lived in "low income" areas in my life!! Do i want to be on any assistance?? No , i dont but at this moment in my life ..i have to!! So, since we are stereotyping..im just going to assume the people that are talking nonsense are the people that came from a very wealthy family that had there education paid for and lived a wonderful life without any flaws..well im sorry that..thats the way you think about section 8 people but what i think of you ..is that you are totally asinine!! And im not on disability or elderly..i work my ass off every day!! And 1 more thing i've been on section 8 for about 4 and a half years ..i lived at one house for 3 years and decided to move and i cleaned everything out of the house and which i know everyone is not like me but there are some that care about other people (their landlords)..so dont judge everyone from a few bad apples ..everyone is not bad!!!

You did not read the post very well. I posted that, " Section 8 programs in all areas of the country do not screen tenants for background. They do in your area, but not in all areas of the country. So S8 tenants in some areas of the country remain unscreened and may have criminal backgrounds. Criminal backgrounds are more prevalent in lower rent units than in luxury (high rent) units. (Fact: Those with criminal backgrounds often have trouble obtaining good paying jobs and must live in lower rent units.) LLs must be careful of who they rent to in any unit."

It is a fact that S8 does not screen their tenants in most areas. They only screen out sexual offenders and those who have drug convictions for sales (not use) of those drugs. Any other offender still qualifies for S8. Therefore, LLs need to screen S8 tenants the same as any other tenants and not just assume that S8 has done this for them. Additionally, there are a higher percentage of people with criminal backgrounds in lower income than in higher income. Look in any prison. There are few higher income inmates. People with more income have less need to commit crimes. Not all lower income people are criminals. (Doesn't say that anywhere.) But there are more, and since S8 doesn't screen them out, a LL needs to check.

I also said that ALL tenants move extra people in with them and for this reason a LL needs to screen anyone who stays in the unit.

Further, "It is also a fact that most S8 tenants are noncollectable. Their income alone means the LL will be able to collect very little or none of any damage/unpaid rent judgment obtained against them." If you don't meet low income requirements, you don't qualify for S8. Low income = no ability to collect for unpaid rent or damages. There is no way around this. There are limits on the amount of money you can garnish from people. This is no more than 25% of take home pay. So a fraction of the low amount that a low income person makes, means a very long time to try to collect for any unpaid rent or damages.

And as a business model, this holds: While you may be an upstanding citizen, LLing is a business. In any monetary business, the business owner has to weigh the risks of doing business with a person against the chances of making a profit from that transaction. (This is why places do credit checks, verify your identity, and take deposits before they sell you anything on credit.) LLs must view any prospective tenant impartially and in respect to the purpose of their business - to make a profit (just as any other business). A lower income, being noncollectable, the numerous regulations and requirements mandated by Section 8 rules, ... These make many LLs turn away form accepting these tenants. These are business decisions. Many LLs are upset by the regulations of this program (the inspections, the verifications, the paperwork/contracts, using S8's leases instead of their own, having to wait on the government, being locked into a year's lease). They do not make getting on this program easy for the tenant or the LL. Some do not like risk associated with the lower income tenants (the noncollectible issue, the fact that they qualify for free attorneys, the extra time required to terminate a bad tenant on this program). Some have just had bad experiences with tenants on this program and that can color their decisions.

And if we want to talk about stereotypes: 3 kids with no babies daddy (where's the child support?), 4 and 1/2 yrs on what was originally designed as a a temporary assistance program, and if you are on S8 you are low income.