At least in our area, it seems there is a 10-year commitment to the house that the recipient must sign. 

Our government has even gone so far as to make welfare recipients a protected class.

As the recipient of a good may direct mail solicitations (and a fellow investor) allow me to offer a couple of suggestions.1) If you want someone to call you back, be sure to put a phone number on the mailing.

In addition, those props are often tenanted by Section 8 recipients, which adds in a whole other slew of red tape nonsense.

Bet you were using the BCC feature (you should have been), but regardless, it's the multiple recipients that is your problem - - send then 1by1 AND randomly wait before sending the next.

Having a stronger work requirement than is there now would only help the recipient holders.

Would $3k be enough down payment around 3% down, and if not what would be the minimum % down that I would have to put in. ( as a part-time worker and recipient of around $1k extra scholarship every semester I can't really save up much to get started)2.

In 2000, a rule was approved for a Homeownership Voucher Program to allow recipients of Housing Choice Vouchers to instead receive assistance with a mortgage and other homeownership costs.

(It appears like it sent but the recipient never receives it.)

One word of caution is that if recipients are un-accredited you could find yourself in some hot water if a deal was to happen, although unlikely.Check out blue sky laws.