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Over 30,000 people showed up in East Point yesterday, a suburb of Atlanta, to obtain applications to receive Section 8 housing vouchers. The line began forming on Sunday, three days prior to the scheduled date the applications were to be handed out.
Thousands converged in the 90+ degree heat and at least 62 people needed medical attention and 20 of them were transported to a hospital.
A baby went into a seizure in the extreme heat and had to be stabilized at a hospital. Many people passed out from dehydration and heat exhaustion and several were removed on stretchers.
News reports show several people who had been waiting hours in a line started pushing, shoving and cursing, after they were told they’d been waiting in the wrong line.
The heat, combined with the frustrated citizens caused a near riot at the scene!
Video ~ Housing Voucher Riot in ATL
The agency said they expected about 10,000 people but three times as many showed up. Many were just accompanying those looking for an application. Many in the crowd had been waiting for as long as two days to seek housing assistance.
“When you look at the economy… and the desperation of people seeking affordable housing. This is what you get unfortunately.”
East Point police, some wearing riot helmets, were patrolling the area. Firefighters and EMTs were attending to people who were overheating in the sun. Police from College Park, Hapeville, Fulton County and MARTA assisted in crowd control.
There were no arrests and at the end of the day, some 13,000 applications were handed out. FULL STORY
The Housing Choice Voucher Program, called Section 8, subsidizes the rents of low-income families living in apartments and houses that are privately owned. The federal program makes up the difference in rent that the poor can afford and the fair market value for each area.
The federal government has specific standards for its subsidized properties but at the same time landlords are assured an income.
Only families with incomes no more than half the median income for the area qualify. The median income for the East Point area is less than $32,000, according to Census data. It is up to the renter to find a place that meets HUD standards, which includes being 90 percent to 110 percent of the “local fair market rent.”
GA section 8 program is made to enable u from getting out there and paying regular rent like everyone else. the endless housing projects throught the state make it so easy to skip furthering ur education and getting stuck this rut..section 8 or public assistance should be temporary not permanent and its so sad to se kids drop out of school and suck the life out of these programs bcuz they grew up seeing their elders do the same
I don’t get it. Atlanta has the most shelters and housing than any other state it seems like. Folks gotta take authority and HANDLE theirs. I’m not from the A, nor have I ever lived there. However I was told that if you stay in a shelter for 2 weeks, they pull you out and GIVE you emergency section 8 vouchers. Folks would rather stand in a line for 3 days, babies having seizures, women going into labor all to be put on a waiting list. Did the lady whose baby had a seizure think she would be pushed to the front of the line? Was it worth it? You’d rather stand in line for 3 days for a voucher then to stand in line for 10 mins at a job fair.
THIS IS A JUST RIDICULOUS.TO THE LIL GIRL WHO BABY HAD A SEIZURE I HOPE THEY CHARGE YOU FOR NEGLECT BECAUSE WHY IN THE HELL WOULD YOU RISK YOUR CHILD’S LIFE JUST TO GET A DAMN APPLICATION. IT’S NOT LIKE THEY WERE GIVING OUT VOUCHERS THIS WAS JUST FOR A APPLICATION TO BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST.BLACK PEOPLE WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. ONLY IN ATLANTA WILL SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN.
God! You all are some of the most judgemental posters. You know nothing, yet you sit at your keyboard and hit at people already down.
There is alot of burden and shame being on those lines. What’s the alternative? Not being able to afford housing? Sleeping in the Park? On the benches? Take a moment and put yourselves in their place.
Having a baby early kills a dream and derails a future. These girls did not consider the costs of parenthood. They believed some sweet talking boy/man about being loved forever without considering the cost. They were wrong and had they an abortion some pro-lifer would be railing on her for that. As it is they are bearing the burden, doing the responsible thing, and everyday taking the hits for a decision some grown women made.
Walk a mile, ladies…walk a mile.
Sweetie no one is hitting at them cause they are down.The way that they were acting is a shame and a disgrace. These people waited in line for a application, and then there are no available slots for housing anyway.There probably were some people out there that really need Section 8 I’m sure but they did not have to carry on like that.this just gives people more of a reason to look down on us as black people.
@Ann
SWEETHEART I’ve walked a mile before and some. Having a baby does NOT kill a dream, it’s only a temporary setback. Honey, nobody’s "JUDGING" them. Sometimes you have to think LOGICALLY about the things that will affect your life. Weigh the options.
I’ve walked that mile b4 a week after having my child by csection so i could get assistance w/gas only to be put on a waiting list and amongst the crowd was very little shame.. after that experience i made sure being a single young mother would NOT b an excuse to b in that position again. For some section 8 is ur only option bcus u have exhaust all the others but u see many young able bodied people amongst the masses just trying to get over in not work for anything..regardless of if u have one child or ten The choice to have a child is just that a choice but to say it derails A future n kills ya dream is false. They help u more in the state of ga with further u education being a single parent with the hope grants etc but u dont c people actin this crazy over free education.
this is ridiculous…there needs to be a better system in place to assist people and the people need to contain themselves and have a little bit of decorum…why wait in a line for 3 days when its 90 drgrees?…why the pushing and shoving?…why stand there until you pass out and your baby has a friggin’ seizure? is it worth it?…NO…HOW ‘BOUT THIS…GO GET A JOB AND PAY YOUR DANG RENT…stop acting like hungry baboons…
It is a shame that in this corrupt country, there are cretins who feel like they need to put down the ones who are not up to their level. Some of you idiots think just because you have a stupid job, a house, a car, or whatever materialistic garbage you have, you are better off than the people in the crowd? Do you really think you are living in prosperity? I hate to break this to you, but you are not living in a real prosperity! You are living in a falsehood life! The only people who are living in a real prosperity in this country are the super corporate rich men, and they’re surely having too much of their way in this country while you sit there sucking up to them! Instead of attacking the low income people, why not attacking the corporate rich men who are robbing your butts everyday!? Heck! They are making profits by putting poisonous chemicals in your food, but I guess you are too stupid to go after these greedy men! Fools!
By the way, if you lose everything, don’t complain; just sit there and look stupid!
A NIGGA AIN’T WORTH SHIIIIAT!
Section 8 is just another tool the powers that be uses to keep you in slavery. You accept these handouts ( we do have obligations to the handicapped) and you will pay for it for the rest of your life. You will become hooked on government assistance like a junkie is hooked on crack or meth. Slavery is here and its worse than ever because so many of you don’t know your in chains. At least back in the days of picking cotton those slaves knew they were slaves.
I agree at CHH12 & ANN I refuse to turn my nose up @ people who have less. I have a good job with great benefits. I have a son and I’m in school and it’s hard still. So I can only imagine what these people are going through. It’s hard if you have a job and a partner. I also agree with John it’s slavery too. But I’m not gonna talk bad and look my nose down to the less fortunate b/c one day that could be us.
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@John Pusinsky
I wanted to repost your post because it’s the TRUTH.
Section 8 is just another tool the powers that be uses to keep you in slavery. You accept these handouts ( we do have obligations to the handicapped) and you will pay for it for the rest of your life. You will become hooked on government assistance like a junkie is hooked on crack or meth. Slavery is here and its worse than ever because so many of you don’t know your in chains. At least back in the days of picking cotton those slaves knew they were slaves.
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Your meal ticket at whites expense is going to stop. When you riot, we will shoot for your nappy heads. Better behave or else.
lol @ blackman. you speak the truth. these chimps are incapable of surviving without honkey’s assistance. remember new orleans after catrina? there were hundreds of grown black men holding up signs begging for help. instead of taking care of business, they looted liquor stores. can you imagine grown white men waiting around for the government to come save them and their families? never happen. i actually feel bad for black women not having the support of their men like white women and asian women. who knows how different the black community would be if they had strong men. men are the backbone of any society. they work, they provide and they protect. the horrible conditions in the black community can be directly attributed to the lack of character and strength in the black men. cut off all assistance to these leeches. eventually, the scrubs, which are many, will die off or be killed. the best of their men will survive. it would be the best thing that ever happened to the black community.
sec 8 is housing assistance meaning you do work and have help , for example if you make min wage job the rental assistance makes up the diffrence in a city were the rent is unaffordable so please stop saying that certain people just want a hand out or dont want to work , i have worked my whole life but the couple of months that i didnt have work the sec 8 made up the diffrance until i had work
First off, in the interest of full disclosure, I ran across this post researching the background of what happened in Georgia re: section 8 housing for a post on my own blog.
Having said that, I have read a lot of posts on this and commentary almost always takes black folk to task for being "welfare dependent". Usually this is said with a good deal more racism than I am willing to repeat.
I do not think that this is a "black" issue. What happened in Georgia is a sign of things to come.
Poor people need to stop fighting against each other and start fighting for each other.
Just my two cents.
Everyone this is a prime example of ghetto mentality. What happened to self dignity in black people? Being poor is no excuse for this type of behavior. First, start acting like responsible human beings with intelligence. Second, stop having a bunch of illegitimate babies, use birth control. Third, black men need to start taking care of their own. Fourth, stop expecting the government to rescue you from yourself become resourceful. Fifth, get off your behind and get educated. Sixth, don’t be afraid to ask the right questions. Seven, don’t take no for an answer. Eight, seek constructive advice from any one regardless of race or status.
Start changing your everyday concepts. Start respecting yourself. Become resourceful, use your brains and think outside the box. Live frugally. Stop being materialistic. Make changes in your overall outlook in life.
Strengthen your basic values.
This is a total disgrace the way these people were acting and were treated.
HUD or the Housing Authority handled this situation very poorly they did not know how to carry out a rather basic procedure.
For the ‘Section 8′ distribution, they could have distributed computer-generated forms. The people could have downloaded the forms from home, the library, or any other public institution. And if the applicant did not have access to a computer, then they would have to make an appointment to get a hard-copy form. Not wait in line for God knows how long, to get a piece of paper or hard copy. This entire process was handled completely wrong on so many levels.
This was an unbelievable story for the wrong reasons. Shameful all around! Is this really happening in 2010? Sad.
I get that black people tend to be poorer than others. But why is that crowd 95% black? At most, blacks make up 50% of welfare recipients.