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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by crooked-v on Friday May 20, 2022 @11:38PM (#31455054)
> Because the next step from subsidized housing is to renting.

Why?

I mean that as a serious question. Housing costs in the US are absurdly front-loaded compared to renting, but they didn't used to be and there are other countries where they aren't. Why "should" housing be so expensive that six months or a year or careful saving on a living wage isn't enough for a down payment?

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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by alistairSH on Sunday May 22, 2022 @10:12AM (#31468369)
If you’re earning a living wage, you don’t need government assistance to avoid homelessness.
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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by crooked-v on Sunday May 22, 2022 @03:54PM (#31472067)
If you started earning a living wage this month, kicking you out of your current home immediately isn't going to make it easy to keep it.
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Re:Policy punishes disabled people who save more than $2k by alistairSH on Sunday May 22, 2022 @04:01PM (#31472141)
I’m not sure what that has to do with Section 8 recipients buying homes?
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