re: #309 lostlakehiker

So what you’re saying is that section 8 housing, and other welfare housing, doesn’t actually deliver AC? I can believe it. That makes my point, though. Money being spent in the name of the poor isn’t getting the results that were contracted for.

Poor people who rent outside the welfare system, including the near poor, stand a real chance of getting what they pay for. If the AC breaks, odds are the landlord gets it fixed within a couple of days. The invisible hand sees to that.

The invisible hand is called not getting any equity. The invisible hand also gets a write off for the AC repair and/or replacement.

You honestly make it sound easy to get “free” housing too. It’s not easy at all. In some places there are long waiting lists. A lot of people wind up in shelters. Did you forget that part? People go from having a home or apartment and are suddenly out on the street and have to live in shelter for months before they can get this imaginary “free” housing. Then, they finally get Section 8 and you’re attached to a social worker looking over every single aspect of your life. Then! In many cases they only pay for half of the rent. Finally, you get to live around parolees, gang bangers, gang members, and yes some downright nice people. Oh, and good luck getting any fitful sleep at night. Those kinds of place sometimes never sleeps.