Yup, happened to us a few years ago when we lived in a shittier area. All the super nice and new apartments, we couldn't get in because we didn't qualify for section 8, so we were forced to rent a unit in a shitty 3-family that cost even more money than the nice, brand new apartments that you could only rent if you had no money. It's not like we were rolling in dough, either, and were probably right around the poverty line. We probably even could have qualified for all those benefits, but we have values and choose not to mooch off the system, so I just worked more hours/overtime instead of begging big daddy government for help. So there we were, stuck in a shitty unit that had multiple break-in attempts, multiple hit and runs smashing our cars parked outside, and shootings occurring fairly regularly.
Yup, happened to us a few years ago when we lived in a shittier area. All the super nice and new apartments, we couldn't get in because we didn't qualify for section 8, so we were forced to rent a unit in a shitty 3-family that cost even more money than the nice, brand new apartments that you could only rent if you had no money. It's not like we were rolling in dough, either, and were probably right around the poverty line. We probably even could have qualified for all those benefits, but we have values and choose not to mooch off the system, so I just worked more hours/overtime instead of begging big daddy government for help. So there we were, stuck in a shitty unit that had multiple break-in attempts, multiple hit and runs smashing our cars parked outside, and shootings occurring fairly regularly.