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Originally posted by sgtclub
You either don't own property or are very naieve.
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You either don't own property in an area with a significant number of rentals or have an overdeveloped fear of the poor. Or have never looked at a credit report.
Depending on the region, those eligible to receive housing assistance can include school teachers, police, firefighters and soldiers (mostly junior in each case).
If someone on Section 8 with spotless credit, a stable job and no bad references wants to move in next to me, that's cool. One of those things is iffy, the section 8 status is irrelevant.
I'm telling you guys, you're missing the better argument. You can claim all you want it is a good indicator of likelihood of default, and it still sounds like a pretense. The pain of going through the paperwork, and payment problems from the government, are more legitimate gripes.