Section 8 renter nightmare....

[opsspec1991]

SECTION 8 RENTER NIGHTMARE....

This is a disturbing video as a landlord’s house is torn apart by a bad renter in Section 8. The renter in this house was only required to pay $53/mo. for this beautiful home. Our government (your tax dollars) paid the rest of her rent. Your blood might boil watching this.... you have been warned.

Every landlord?s worst nightmare (Video) : theCHIVE

 

[The_Outlaw]

SECTION 8 RENTER NIGHTMARE....

This is a disturbing video as a landlord’s house is torn apart by a bad renter in Section 8. The renter in this house was only required to pay $53/mo. for this beautiful home. Our government (your tax dollars) paid the rest of her rent. Your blood might boil watching this.... you have been warned.

Every landlord?s worst nightmare (Video) : theCHIVE

I can't seem to find the actual video.....but my Aunt & Uncle in Southern California had to go through the exact same type of situation with a bad renter. It took them over a year to have the bad renter evicted (failure to pay rent)...
And then the scumbags completely trashed my Aunt & Uncle's house. They are still paying for the repairs as we speak.

 

[apvbguy]

SECTION 8 RENTER NIGHTMARE....

This is a disturbing video as a landlord’s house is torn apart by a bad renter in Section 8. The renter in this house was only required to pay $53/mo. for this beautiful home. Our government (your tax dollars) paid the rest of her rent. Your blood might boil watching this.... you have been warned.

Every landlord?s worst nightmare (Video) : theCHIVE

while I abhor the whole sec 8 program or any other governmental give aways the landlord has only himself to blame for his own problems. nobody forced him to participate in the HUD program

 

[The_Outlaw]

while I abhor the whole sec 8 program or any other governmental give aways the landlord has only himself to blame for his own problems. nobody forced him to participate in the HUD program

Nobody forced the 'bad renter' to refuse the pay their lousy $60.00 per month either.
And last time I checked 'vandalism' is still against the law isn't it??

Why in the heck are you blaming the homeowner's?
The homeowner's didn't break any laws!

SMH

 

[whodat2710]

while I abhor the whole sec 8 program or any other governmental give aways the landlord has only himself to blame for his own problems. nobody forced him to participate in the HUD program

Yup, if you choose to get your "security" from the gubment, but allow them to choose who they subsidize to live in your property, you relinquish some of your rights as a property owner. I am sure there was a stack of paperwork and provisions that this guy had to go through to become an authorized section 8 provider, and his security was that he would get a monthly check from the gubment even if he had a deadbeat tenant. You pays the price and you takes your chances.

 

[apvbguy]

Nobody forced the 'bad renter' to refuse the pay their lousy $60.00 per month either.
And last time I checked 'vandalism' is still against the law isn't it??

Why in the heck are you blaming the homeowner's?
The homeowner's didn't break any laws!

SMH

nobody said the landlord broke any laws, can you point out anything that comes close to claiming that he did?
anyone with half a brain will know that people who are using that program are not usually the "pick of the litter" as far as tenants go. and the landlord chose to take the "easy" money rather than seek out a better qualifies tenant, AKA, someone paying the rent from their own pocket.
YMMV

 

[apvbguy]

Yup, if you choose to get your "security" from the gubment, but allow them to choose who they subsidize to live in your property, you relinquish some of your rights as a property owner. I am sure there was a stack of paperwork and provisions that this guy had to go through to become an authorized section 8 provider, and his security was that he would get a monthly check from the gubment even if he had a deadbeat tenant. You pays the price and you takes your chances.

how refreshing, someone who gets it

 

[Tammy Cedo]

Two things I see...and this is MY opinion...

1) The landlord should partly blame himself...any landlord worth his/her salt would take pride in his property...he should NEVER have allowed the home to reach this state.
2) Where were the Inspectors???? I lived in a rental house for 9 years (private owner, NOT Sec 8) and it was inspected EVERY year!!!!

I am sorry the mans house was ruined...but he needs to take partial responsibility for this...and HUD needs to step up and help the owner make the repairs...cause he sure ain't gonna get them from the tenants.

 

[iKarith]

Not all section 8 or low income renters are pigs… But those who have little responsibility tend to have little care. That's just how it is.

 

[whodat2710]

Not all section 8 or low income renters are pigs… But those who have little responsibility tend to have little care. That's just how it is.

Yup, I'm sure that the "renter" (and I use the term loosely) will be in another section 8 in no time. We can't make people be homeless, we have to be responsible for them since they cant be responsible for themselves!
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Easy correllation, your kid wants a new cell-phone. If you make the kids do chores etc. until they can affort to buy one and pay the monthly bill, you are harsh and cruel. If you buy them their phone, but require they keep up with their chores to keep the phone, you are a hash taskmaster. if you buy your kids a new phone with nothing required of the child you're a "cool" parent. Our Liberal employees in DC want to be the cool parents
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If they lose/break/dunk or otherwise trash that phone (because it didn't cost them anything anyway), and you immediately replace it, you are a "cool parent" but you are an enabler and a subsidizer. We need to hold our kids accountable so they will learn to hold themselves accountable. - In this same reasoning, the gubment needs to hold people accountable and stop being enablers and subsidizers.

 

[CarryInNewYork]

As a personal policy, I will not rent in an apartment that accepts Section 8 or PA. Both of them come along with bad renter. I'll be damned if I live in the same building as scumbags.

 

[tcox4freedom]

Years ago we wanted to give back to the community & help someone try to get back on their feet. There was a special program back then where the gubberment was offering owners with more moderate homes in better neighborhoods incentives to rent to families on financial aide.

Well,, we fell for it. The renter paid 1st & last months rent as a deposit and never paid another dime! They moved into my very fine 3300sq' home in a fairly "upscale" neighborhood. It was supposed to be a woman & her three children. But, we found out TWENTY-SEVEN members of her family moved in with her. After TWO years we finally got permission for the sheriff's dept to help us evict them.

They had stolen ALL of our appliances & ceiling fans. They stole some of our other furnishings that came with the rental agreement. They even stole the central ac system. Then they went through the house with a sledge hammer & destroyed every wall in the home and pour gallons of acid all over the floors. It cost us TENs of thousands of dollars (around $50k), to repair the damage. (Of course they had used false identities to get government support and they were never heard from again.)

The really sad thing is we were actually looking forward to helping a less fortunate family get back on track. I actually believed that people are a product of their environment and changing a person's environment was key to a better society. (But, this experience only served to teach us that HUD & Sec 8 was a failed program that couldn't be trusted; and some people are just animals that should live in a ZOO!.)


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[apvbguy]

Not all section 8 or low income renters are pigs…

many of them are.
one bad apple spoils the whole barrel

 

[apvbguy]

Years ago we wanted to give back to the community & help someone try to get back on their feet. There was a special program back then where the gubberment was offering owners with more moderate homes in better neighborhoods incentives to rent to families on financial aide.

Well,, we fell for it. The renter paid 1st & last months rent as a deposit and never paid another dime! They moved into my very fine 3300sq' home in a fairly "upscale" neighborhood. It was supposed to be a woman & her three children. But, we found out TWENTY-SEVEN members of her family moved in with her. After TWO years we finally got permission for the sheriff's dept to help us evict them.

They had stolen ALL of our appliances & ceiling fans. They stole some of our other furnishings that came with the rental agreement. They even stole the central ac system. Then they went through the house with a sledge hammer & destroyed every wall in the home and pour gallons of acid all over the floors. It cost us TENs of thousands of dollars (around $50k), to repair the damage. (Of course they had used false identities to get government support and they were never heard from again.)

The really sad thing is we were actually looking forward to helping a less fortunate family get back on track. I actually believed that people are a product of their environment and changing a person's environment was key to a better society. (But, this experience only served to teach us that HUD & Sec 8 was a failed program that couldn't be trusted; and some people are just animals that should live in a ZOO!.)


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to mix a metaphor, life is tough and being naive just makes it tougher.
I suppose that you learned your lesson.

 

[tcox4freedom]

to mix a metaphor, life is tough and being naive just makes it tougher.
I suppose that you learned your lesson.

Yep!

That is also about the time I found out just how dumb & useless liberalism & progressive ideals are.


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[iKarith]

My GF's parents have owned rental properties. It greatly saddens me that at least one of their properties was rather similarly trashed. Not section 8 or government—this was fair and reasonable market rent. Admittedly they should've checked on the property more often, but still. Stuff that ain't yours to break, you should take care of it. SMH