Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaults and evictions looms

Re:Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaul... by dmarlow on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @08:01PM (#23410652)

I'm not sure where you jumped to the conclusion about denying housing. I have no problems with section 8. I gladly accept section 8. What I have a problem with is (and I speak from first hand experience), is allowing someone who is on section 8 to not pay their portion. I allowed this, got burned and learned a lesson.

I thought I was being kind and "helping them out". When, in reality, that individual didn't appreciate it and they didn't take better care of the place because of it. When other factors (e.g. the lying) caused me to not want to renew with the tenant, they caused over 10k damage and flooded my house in retaliation.

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Re:Millions of Americans skipping payments as wave of defaul... by JadeNB on Thursday June 04, 2020 @03:47PM (#23420930)

> I'm not sure where you jumped to the conclusion about denying housing.

I am sorry that I read too quickly, and misunderstood your point, which I think I now understand. Although I see now that you specifically quoted your parent's point "if they can't pay the hundred bucks the government won't I sure don't care" before disagreeing with it, I reacted too quickly and thought incorrectly that you were disagreeing with the parent's broader point about why it was good to have Section 8 tenants.

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