Evicting Section 8 Tenants is a Great Way to Rake in the $$!

by Brian Leubitz [courtesy of Calitics - Front Page]

I do some web work for No on 98.

A quick one here. I'm not sure I can add much to this story, especially given the facts of these cases. Basically, LA rents skyrocket, so landlords decide that they don't want Section 8 tenants after all.  So, out they go. Pay up or else!

In a blow to some of the Valley's poorest people, nearly 50 mostly senior and disabled tenants are being forced out of their apartments by landlords seeking to flee city rent control and subsidized housing.

Renters in Reseda, Northridge and North Hollywood who get federal Section 8 subsidies have been told to pay full market rates or get out, tenants, city officials and housing advocates said.

Though there are 45 documented cases, 115 tenants in four complexes could get 90-day notices that demand as much as $900 more a month in rent, or face eviction. (LADN 3/12/08)

Just a taste of what's to come when Prop 98 passes and we tenants protections are reduced or eliminated.  Get used to it.