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Originally Posted by fxashun  Do you want to live next to someone who just moved out of the projects on a voucher? My mother's house is in a neighborhood where the houses are being bought up and put up for rent. And many of the people are coming from the projects on vouchers. The result, two murders, police sirens all the time, kids up and down the streets yelling at all times of the day and night, and VERY unkempt yards. It's scary the change that is coming over the place. | We had the same problem a few years ago with a house close to me. The owner decided to rent it through HUD. The family that moved in was paying 50 dollars a month and HUD was paying 550.
The next thing we knew, there was garbage all over the yard, their children had not been taught respect for the property of others, the parents seemed to like having fights outside, complete with language that would make a sailor blush, and they liked to display their collection of broken appliances and car parts in the yard!
Several of us got together to speak to the owner. He was of the opinion that if this family was shown the 'better things in life', they would aspire to change their lives and earn the 'better things in life'. They didn't. When they moved out, he had to redo most of the walls in the house, replace the carpet and pad, and have the place tented and sprayed for roaches. I stuck my head inside before that happened and it was like something out of the X-files. They were only there a year. He no longer rents through HUD.
Bother not the cat. For they are sneaky and will piss on thy keyboard. |