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Luke90210 t1_jdxga0a wrote

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

Restaurants are not forced to sell food under some government program. Supermarkets are and gladly do as SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) consistently pays out. When Section 8 gets the same reputation without the constant horror stories, please let us know.

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Silentarrowz t1_jdxgofy wrote

Then lobby for more funding for it. The people that want things like section 8 are not the same people who want it in its current state.

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Luke90210 t1_jdxl5gh wrote

Paying for more Section 8 housing at a better rate will not solve the lack of affordable housing. Only more housing construction will. Now, would more demand stimulate more housing stock to meet the demand? It hasn't so far.

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Silentarrowz t1_jdxni05 wrote

So let's fund more public/affordable housing. Let's build the housing and when it gets proposed actually build it instead going "well that apartment would be near a really pretty park...so we should just not build it." The NIMBYism in NYC from landlords that also deny section 8 is pathetic.

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Luke90210 t1_jdxorf5 wrote

I like the idea of more public housing. However, most of public housing construction was funded by the federal government. They don't do that sort of thing anymore. NYCHA loses money as the rents are set up as a percentage of income driving anyone making a solid income away. And NYCHA is poorly managed.

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Silentarrowz t1_jdxs65b wrote

The NIMBYism is a hard barrier in my eyes. There have been dozens of proposals for even private development that have been shot down for being too close to this, or being seen from that.

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