10-03-2017, 08:02 AM
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Originally posted by HereOnThePrimalEdge
Most, if not all of the rent is paid directly from the government to the landlord.
Landlords can charge substantially higher rents than on the open market.
Damages to the home, and subsequent repairs are paid for by the government.
Interesting discussion - although, are you sure that the gummint pays for damages to the house?
Some years back I had occasion to interact with a homeless "family unit" (not sure that they were related in a legal sense). They were quite an amiable group, living in a partially-collapsed abandoned structure - but very clearly borderline "intellectually disabled". In talking with them, it came out that they had formerly been living in Section 8 housing - but their last residence "had burned down". I have always wondered how that program protects landlords from that eventuality... The possible damage that could be done to a structure (in very short order) could far exceed any value that could be derived from the rental.