This is literally happening....
Landlord; "I'm stressed out, I'm worried about getting my rental income and don't know what to do. The last two tenants I had stopped paying rent and bailed from the property in the middle of the night!"
Local Government; "If you'd like, we can help,....the money is guaranteed, even if the person loses their job....you simply need to be willing to take a tenant that has a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher. As an FYI, you can screen them just like other tenants. The experienced landlords will advertise FOR FREE on GoSection8 and get lot's and lot's of inquiries. You can make it clear in the advertisement that you do not allow any dangerous breed animals at the property, a max of one animal period, no smoking of any kind, no drug use allowed. As part of your screening you can ask the applicant how many people will be living at the property....If there are applicants that say just her and 2 kids and you have other applicants that say her and her 4 kids and their two puppies and maybe her man.....then common sense tells you who to continue the dialogue with because you know which families will be less wear and tear on your property. Generally speaking a google search of the person's name and checking out their facebook page will tell you a lot about them and if a records search that you initiate ON YOUR OWN helps you determine they have a record that you are not comfortable with then NOBODY can force you to take that particular applicant, especially if you do find a different Section 8 applicant that does not have an eviction or felony on their record which is pretty easy since MOST applicants with a section 8 voucher actually do NOT have an eviction or felony on their record."
Landlord; (Silently thinking) "Honestly, what it really comes down to is I simply just don't want to rent to those people (whatever that means)."
Same Landlord; (What they do say out loud) "But if the property does not pass a Section 8 Inspection then you can't make me take a Section 8 tenant, right? Perfect. I refuse to let the property pass a Section 8 inspection, now I've won! Yipee!
Same Landlord later on in 2022; "I'm stressed out, I'm worried about getting my rental income and don't know what to do. My latest tenants either lost their job and they can't pay me or they simply have refused to continue paying me because they know I can't do anything about it. I can't evict them because the latest eviction moratorium extension won't let me. Nevermind that the eviction moratorium was initially started by the previous administration and also extended by that same previous administration, I just wish somehow I could get some people in my property and know that I am always going to get my rental money guaranteed each month!"
Sometimes people are so close to the forest they can't see the trees.
