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Silentarrowz t1_jdxghpy wrote

Reply to comment by Luke90210 in NYC tenants report rampant housing discrimination by landlords over vouchers by DrogDrill

I mean considering it has existed in one form or another since the 1970s I'd sure hope so.

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Luke90210 t1_jdxkl30 wrote

You think anyone investing in Tribeca or Dumbo rental properties is thinking about Section 8? You honestly believe think thats the clientele they are taking into consideration and not the people making 6 or 7 figures a year?

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Silentarrowz t1_jdxlqdd wrote

What a landlord would like to be true and what their legal obligation is are two very different things. Just because a landlord failed to fully consider the marker they were in does not mean they get a free pass to break the law and illegally discriminate against voucher tenants.

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Luke90210 t1_jdxn0ga wrote

You sound very naive. Under the current housing crisis any landlord can find an easy reason to legitimately reject a Section 8 applicant or just accept one as a token. Its just one more application out of many. And its not like the apartment is going to waste as someone else who needs it and willing to pay for it out of pocket will get it.

There is simply not enough housing stock in NYC for the demand. Section 8 isn't going to solve this.

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Silentarrowz t1_jdxn8l3 wrote

Sure, and I accept that under normal circumstances they can refuse a lot of them, I would hope they do so in a good faith way (ie. Denying them when there is another applicant or an actual issue rather than just going "eh no good applicants" and leaving a space vacant). I want it improved, but I don't think landlords should just get to go completely ignore it.

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Luke90210 t1_jdxp03g wrote

I'm envisioning a 1% acceptance rate for legal cover only. Thats really not solving anything.

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