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Luke90210 t1_jdtkee1 wrote

Reply to comment by jae343 in NYC tenants report rampant housing discrimination by landlords over vouchers by DrogDrill

Perhaps North Carolina does a far better job of administering Section 8 than NY.

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Silentarrowz t1_jdw1ahi wrote

Perhaps North Carolina lets landlords that can't handle it simply fail instead of letting them discriminate against applicants. No one has a right to a successful business, you have to work for it. If you want a successful NYC real estate business guess what; you're going to work for it.

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Luke90210 t1_jdxgvp1 wrote

> No one has a right to a successful business, you have to work for it.

I agree. What does that have to do with a highly flawed government program landlords don't want to deal with? Doctors are not forced to accept Medicaid. Improve the system and landlords would happily take Section 8 just like supermarkets and bodegas take SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program).

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Silentarrowz t1_jdxhc9r wrote

I agree. Let's give them a few billion more dollars a year in funding. You would agree with giving section 8 a huge federal expansion? I think programs like this are crippled by funding and old laws.

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Luke90210 t1_jdxk4ng wrote

Absolutely. Some of the rules are very antiquated as if its 1988. Why deny payments to the landlord because the tenant changed their cellphone number without informing the offices?

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