Durham starting a program in August to help avoid evictions

[Jonathan Taylor Smith]

Just read an interesting article at: https://www.indyweek.com/news/archives/2017/07/12/hundreds-of-eviction-cases-come-through-durham-courts-each-month-a-new-program-aims-to-change-that - about Durham starting a new program in August to help Tenants & Landlords avoid evictions. I personally have yet to file an eviction, but was very near to doing so for one of my tenants. Thankfully I was able to get them back on the same page and things have been fine since then. It mentions Durham having nearly 900 evictions per month!

[Jonathan Taylor Smith]

@Robert Herrera - Well, not that I disagree - as I hate taxes more than most... But I'm also of the opinion that there are certain things we are just going to have to get over paying for as a society. We pay for public schools to teach kids how to be productive citizens, as to not do so would create negative societal results that far outweigh the expense. We pay for school breakfast and lunch because a child cannot learn if they cannot hear themselves think over the noise from their stomach. And we pay for low-income housing, as to not do so would have the same long term negative effects as not paying for schools, as a kid cannot learn if they spent all prior nights in the back seat of a car (or worse).

I think more would come from debating how such programs can best be executed to the greatest positive results for all instead of if they should exist... Just today they arrested hundreds over a billion dollar prescription drug scam. The IRS has been giving out billions in fraudulent refunds for decades with no end in sight. Florida is the capital of Medicare fraud. Add those three examples to the millions of other cases of government waste and fraud and I'd say THAT is why we are the biggest debtor nation. Kill the waste and abuse and execute the various aid programs as a "hand-up" / safety net instead of a hammock - and the benefits would far outweigh the expense... But that's another debate entirely.