Taxpayers shouldn’t have to subsidize alcoholism.
Public Policy Recommendation of the Month
Section 8 Housing
Section 8 is a government program that subsidizes rent for low-income households.
It also subsidizes a lot of drinking and drugging.
A recent report in The Wall Street Journal (“Real Estate Bust Opens New Doors for Subsidized Tenants,” August 8, 2010) reported that many neighbors “have long contended that government-subsidized tenants increase crime and depress property values,” even while admitting that having a house occupied is better than leaving it vacant. Still, in a lesser-of-the-evils attitude, with mixed emotions they ask, “Which poison do we choose?”
They shouldn’t have to choose. Section 8 tenants have brought big changes to many, including the now-depressed town of Antioch, California on the Sacramento Delta near Stockton. “Fights, loud parties ...
