Woman who has been working with Section 8 for 12 years talks about what the program has turned into

Woman who has been working with Section 8 for 12 years talks about what the program has turned into

“It's got some problems. Section 8 was supposed to be a helping hand. It was not supposed to be forever, and it has turned into forever

“Section 8. Trump's talking about really reducing the program, and I happen to know a lot about it. I've been working with Section 8 and renting to Section 8 participants for, gosh, almost 12 years now.

— I remember when I first started renting and working with Section 8, there was a mom and daughter.

This is when we had to go meet them at the office to turn in the packet, and the mom was so proud that her daughter, she was able to, like, get her daughter onto the program and like, pass it down from generation to generation because they knew at that point they were, their rent was going to be covered for the rest of their lives.

And we're not talking about people who are disabled and like, physically disabled and can't work. They may have been given a lot in life where they haven't really, like, developed skills or been able to, like, compete within the workforce.

But where's the motivation? If you know that your rent's going to get paid, you can get on SNAP benefits, you can get free health care. We've created this society that knows that the government will take care of them and that there's no motivation for them to change their path and to take care of themselves.

I mean, in the 12 years I've been doing it, I had 2 tenants work their way off of Section 8. That's it.

I'm on average have about 80 to 90 Section 8 leases from year to year. So those aren't really great odds.

So I think it would be good for the program to be revamped in some way, shape or form where it rewards those that work rather than it feeling like a punishment”

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