Section 8 housing in each state. How hard is it?
Looking for section 8 housing?
We know getting section 8 is competitive. But first of all, how hard is it to get section 8 housing in each state? I’ve compiled a beautiful visual graph that you can play with by mousing over the bars. This little gem tells you how likely you are to find section 8 housing in each state based on the competition of other searchers. The good news is, i’ve done all the work for you! Actually,all I did was look up the average amount of times section 8 was searched for on google for each state. As you can see section 8 Florida has the most searches by far. Almost double that of even California!
Where’s the easiest place to get housing?
So what’s the easiest state to get section 8? You guessed it South Dakota! Wanna live in a big city without a lot of competition? Try section 8 new york! only 320 average google searches a month!
Let’s see how some states did that are known to have a good cost of living and a lot of jobs did:
Nebraska – 40 searches! – Omaha anyone ?
Iowa – 480 searches! – That’s actually pretty high – Illinois which of course has Chicago, has 480 too!
Utah – Only 70 searches a month – not bad Salt lake city
Oklahoma – 260 searches … seems like a lot for a small population city Oklahoma city must be nice!
How about unfriendly oregon (known not to rent to poor people)?
880 searches a month on Google – Move on! Apartment and house owners are very picky about accepting vouchers. – Ouch!
Looking for warm weather?
California seems good. Make sure to look at section 8 friendly cities like fresno, laguna beach, redding.
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Don’t move to the Twin Cities Minneapolis Minnesota there’s no Section 8 available anywhere.
If you are white with section 8 in New York City the 100% black run NYCHA employees with discriminate against you and has a policy to eliminate voucher holds by the tactic of short expiration dates and non enforcement of owner, management rejection. New York City is a very hostile, expensive, uncultured giant city. A very large populated place of inaccessible places and institutions. Being born here I call the place “the gilded toilet”. And what do you in a toilet? Exactly….
This is not an opinion but my harsh experience which is a fact.
New York City is an over populated intolerable dump for rich people.
Same in Detroit and Metro Detroit! The Section 8 program and DHHS is all blacks, they absolutely discriminate, up to and including breaking the program’s rules, ignoring simple ADA requests, lying about your income so that you are eligible for less programs, lying to SSA so that the state doesn’t pay for your Medicare Part B when you are eligible, the list goes on.
Absolutely a fact. Experienced here, 10 years of their uneducated racist BS. and I can give you a dozen other Whites who have dealt with them and it’s the exact same experience for them too. Cut your Food Stamps or Housing allocation in half? Why? NO REASON. Complaints to USDA, D. of Justice, SSA, State of MI, and all else are ignored. And don’t mean just IN the City of Detroit, that they destroyed after the Riots, I mean ALL of Metro Detroit. Get to Pontiac and Flint – same deal. You only need a h.s. diploma for these jobs. I had a White worker for 2 months, somehow she disappeared, back to one of these Black horrible women and their lying, scheming, acting like they work as a Car Sales person to steal any benefits you have coming.
See yourself – Google DHHS in Warren, MI on Van Dyke. All Blacks. They’ve cancelled people’s Medicaid while they’re in the hospital giving birth.
I’m totally n agreement I’m denied Nd rejected I gotattacked at place I’m trying to live at but no body seems to care of my safety they r letting the women come back tomorrow and I’ve been doing this for three years where is my equal opportunity to have my own place my own space my own safety my own chance to b e independent and omg it just makes no sense.even the police didn’t even take in accord my safety is compromised and they still bully me I stand up to them but nothing is proactive relying upon me n best interest of all involved
I have section 8 in phoenix and i live in a fabulous area and i love it . The thing that section 8 really helps with is stability. Fir example if i lose my job my rent gets adjusted because its a percentage of my income so this prevents me from being evicted and homeless with 4 kids. I love section 8. However i do agree that to aome extent its my fault im poor because i chose to have kids with an unreliable person. I should of been more cautious because i get no help fir kids just section 8 which is a miracle
o wow, so where are you located, im looking for section 8 also even if my kids stay with their dad i still need a roof over my head.
look i rather give you my tax dollars and not have a abortion iam happy you had your children
Hi can I know where in Phoenix? Like what town or area. I live in nyc and I hate that I can only get apartments in hood areas. It’s dangerous shootings. Ect. I have sec8 already just want to transport to a nice quiet place that’s safe and a nice spacious apartment.
Hi Kristin
I have just started looking for an apartment or home for a single older and active lady, which is me. Would you mind telling me the name of this area you love there? I am quiet, and would enjoy a cozy place not directly on the busy streets. Thank you!
I’m on SSID and it has helped me, here there are some decent places to live. A new building just went up and takes sec 8. I guess everywhere is different. The program helps me!
Hi im frim Indiana and recently trying to mobe to Phoenix with my voucher could you point me in the right direction?
As far as finding Section 8 homes in California, Bakersfield is also friendly to the program and one of the cheapest cities in the state. The wait list is currently closed, however the public housing list is always accepting applications. I hear Fresno has a lot of landlords that accept Section 8 as well.
Section 8 is fraud. It gives people a false hope. There are practically next to zero real estate owners who will rent to someone with section 8. And one can lose the voucher if your housing authority refuses to renew your lease, not because of a problem with you or payment history etc. but because the HA’s often collude with landlords in getting rid of tenants (usually if the tenant is unable to contribute more than 40% of their income, for whatever reasons.) In other words, section 8 housing maybe possible for those who are making the top tier income allowed by HUD for section 8 recipients which for some states, eg. MA is nearly 40 thousand something dollars. Yep. They call it “affordability.” So, there is a class system in the voucher program in that, those who say receive only 700 or so dollars will be thrown out of their apartments or forced to find sub standard places in bad neighborhoods and on high traffic – “choke on vehicular exhaust” living spaces.
This is a program which should be defunded.
Most people who receive this subsidy cannot find a place to use it at, so they lose their voucher. Clearly a sham, except for the top tier of poor people. How insane.
Yes I AGREE WITH ROB. THEY ONLY GIVE SECTION 8 TO People who scam the system. I know this for a fact. They also give social security checks to drug dealers and convicted felons and they know they are getting multiple checks in multiple ssi numbers. Does n e one ever wonder what happens to the peoples money that pay into the system that continously get denied for ssdi benefits?
God bless me with my section 8 voucher I came from a shelter taking care of my little brother at the age of 18 transfer to a transitional and got my voucher I ain’t never scammed nobody so you don’t know s*** for a fact get your races a$$ off of here and go pray and stop judging other people cuz you might be the same person that’s scamming
I doubt that mam I’m guilty for being white it’s easy to talk the talk when you play the r*** card ever hear of reverse discrimination??
Hey Where do u stay w your voucher my brother is gett Release from foster care he is turning 18 n im 23 currently staying in west memphis Arkansas
That is one of the dumbest, most uneducated things I’ve ever read about any of these programs.
Maybe Illegals are getting all the benefits too? The people who are not even eligible. Drug dealers – BS!
From someone who fought the SSA for SSDI for 8 YEARS – it’s the admin. and people at the top taking the money. Not drug dealers. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
It is sadly true that lower income people and families don’t receive the actual “payment standard” that would normally afford them a nicer neighborhood. It makes no sense that HUD calculates your voucher amount based on your income. It’s fine for people who make more money as they are allowed the full payment standard. Many people, including myself, on social security disability are forced into the worst areas with high crime, gangs, and air pollution from motorists. The original point of the program was to move people out of the ghetto. At the same time, it’s difficult to find a landlord in a nicer area that will accept Section 8. Some cities have privately owned income based apartments in good neighborhoods that accept Section 8, but usually those places have wait lists and require a separate annual packet to fill out each year to ensure you still qualify to live there. It’s super annoying.
Are you’ll accepting Applications now.
Where can I find this?
” I’ve compiled a beautiful visual graph that you can play with by mousing over the bars.”