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Cea Weaver
@ceaweaver
In NY people can’t use vouchers bc: - landlords don’t want to take them EVEN THOUGH it’s $ for them, and EVEN THOUGH NY has source of income protection. They care more abt having absolute power over tenants than $. - there aren’t enough vouchers. to go around anyway … (1/3)
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Secretary Marcia L. Fudge
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One of the reasons that housing voucher holders are unable to use those vouchers is because the value of their vouchers has not kept up with rapid rent increases. 1/
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Cea Weaver
@ceaweaver
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But most of all: renters don’t really like them! the experience of having a voucher can be stabilizing, but more often it is demoralizing, forces you to make choices to stay in subpar housing or w in no-to-low income employment, etc. (2/3)
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Cea Weaver
@ceaweaver
Changing FMRs might help, but doesn’t address any of these core issues ^ It’s time to admit vouchers are a (currently necessary) solution of last resort, don’t work all that well, and invest in new public housing (3/3)
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Stacie Johnson (she/her)
@StacieMaya
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Isn't it also true that a voucher is often used for a apt that costs more than the voucher? Therefore the tenant pays the difference, inflating the cost of that apartment and inflating the rental market in general.
Ann Korchak
@amkorchak
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You don’t speak for landlords Ms Weaver. You have no idea the issues we may have dealing with voucher programs and city and state agencies.
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Not Your Landlord
@not_your_LL
Agree to rent the apartment to a tenant without a voucher, it starts cash flowing in a couple of weeks. Rent it to a voucher holder and you can wait two to six months. This is well known to anyone who has dealt with a voucher.
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