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re: Southdowns signs welcoming sction 8 causes uproar.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:09 pm to Camp Randall
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:09 pm to Camp Randall
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Seriously what is this guys deal? It's not hard at all to find renters in 70808 without sucking the gubment dick.
There are zoning laws in Southdowns that prevent a home from being occupied by more than two unrelated persons. This prevents this slumlord from renting his property (which is probably designed to occupy more than 2 people and is priced accordingly) to college students. To circumvent that, he had his property designated as Section 8, so he could get paid guaranteed money from the Federal government to fill it with the dregs of society in order to spite the neighborhood association and basically poke every resident of Southdowns in the eye.
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Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:12 pm to kingbob
Jesus Christ. If you are that hateful a person it's time to man up and end it all. You don't like society as it is....why not leave it all together?
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:13 pm to kingbob
i see them transforming the neighborhood watch to watch the houses he rents and calling the police at every chance to run the people out if they do frick up. you have to protect your property values by any legal means necessary.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:14 pm to kingbob
Which is why they have decided to jack his signs. This will get ugly.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:15 pm to Camp Randall
because going the Section 8 route is the best business decision for him. Having rental property designed for 3-4 people that has that stipulation of no more than 2 unrelated tenants is not a profitable position. The market for families looking to rent is much smaller than that of college students. Section 8 provides him with steady, guaranteed money with literally zero upkeep on his property since tenants don't care about the condition of the property and neither does the government. It's a win for him and it comes at everyone else's expense.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:20 pm to kingbob
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because going the Section 8 route is the best business decision for him.
He could also just sell his properties and use the money to buy multi family housing.
I know people who dabbled in section 8. It's a nightmare.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:22 pm to Camp Randall
Is Obama gonna cut him a check to fix all of the repairs once his first Section 8 tenant moves out? Place will get trashed to hell.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:23 pm to Camp Randall
Section 8 is a disaster for the landlord if he cares about the condition of his property. If he doesn't, it's a goldmine. He gets below-market money, but it's guaranteed and comes every month on time. Sure, he could sell it, but due to that rule, the property is worth less than it would be otherwise and he would probably lose money on the deal and spend more on another set of multifamily properties than on the ones he'd be selling. Don't blame the assholes abusing the Section 8 system (both landlords and tenants), blame the assholes that invented the system.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:25 pm to Camp Randall
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He could also just sell his properties and use the money to buy multi family housing.
I know people who dabbled in section 8. It's a nightmare.
its not a nightmare if you have a good contractor. the state pays for all damage to property and they pay the rent on time every month. its good for trashy homes in 70805 but i dont get it when you do that in a nice neighborhood.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:29 pm to ruzil
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Here's an example of what might happen
That video made me angry
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:29 pm to brbowhunter
The house has a nice yard with enough room for some pit bulls to frolic and play
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:35 pm to brbowhunter
Ya'll are fricked
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:42 pm to lsut2005
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How does something like this happen in one of the nicest most valued neighborhoods in BR?.
not even close. 
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:47 pm to brbowhunter
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He has previously been sued by the city-parish for violating an ordinance that has been used to prevent three unrelated persons from living together in residential neighborhoods. But he countersued the city-parish last year, asserting that the ordinance is unconstitutional and violates rights to privacy, association and equal protection.
I agree with him there. Such a stupid rule.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:52 pm to Napoleon
"Let's make it all sections 8"
Posted on 4/2/14 at 12:17 am to brbowhunter
I used to live there, and would've stolen them. Would continue to do it even after the paper found out about it
Posted on 4/2/14 at 12:18 am to ruzil
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I saw one of his signs on Morning Glory while on a bike ride on Sunday. Good luck to all parties involved.
I think I saw that. I thought "Welp, there goes the neighborhood!"...
Oops, does that make me racist? Probably.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 12:24 am to Jet12
Is it racist if it's true?
Posted on 4/2/14 at 12:24 am to Napoleon
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I agree with him there. Such a stupid rule
The rule exists for a reason. It's so that neighborhoods of predominately single-family homes continue to be neighborhoods of mainly single family homes. It's mainly designed to keep slumlords and college students out and reserve those neighborhoods for families, most of whom have young children.
Posted on 4/2/14 at 1:04 am to kingbob
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mainly designed to keep college students out
And it sucks in a neighborhood that is literally right outside of a college. Many people get around it anyway. "We're Cousins" was the one we used to rest a house on Stanford years back.
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