Converting Your Tenants to Section 8

[Jake Kucheck]

For those of you that own in Section 8 type communities- has anyone been successful in converting tenants to this subsidy program? Theoretically, with the right incentives, your long term tenants would jump at the chance to have the same place at a fraction of the cost, yes? Are their any provisions in the Section 8 program that state a tenant cannot choose to use his Section 8 voucher at his current residence, or at a property owned by his curent landlord? Just wanted to see if anyone else had done this.