Like marriage, the current system discourages rental assistance recipients from seeking employment, higher wages or overtime if the increased income pushes them out of eligibility. We are fostering a cycle of dependency on government assistance. The average Section 8 tenant spends 10 years on the program and the average public housing tenant 12 years. Welfare also benefits the middleman and administrative state more than the low income Americans it purports to be. For section 42, low income housing tax programs give the developers tax incentives to build affordable housing for low to moderate income people. (04:20–04:27)
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Asserts that Section 8 tenants average 10 years and public housing tenants 12 years on the programs.
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