Complex: Life Inside A Section 8 Apartment

A disturbing look at poor people struggling to survive inside a low rent Section 8 apartment building in Seattle, Washington. Section 8 is the name the government gives to apartment buildings that public assistance will subsidize for those unable to care for themselves. Inside this Complex residents struggle against poverty, drug addiction, alcoholism, child abuse, prostitution, eviction, and mental illness.

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• Complex
• Section
• Eight
• Public
• Housing
• Poor
• Poverty
• Urban
• Welfare
• Drugs
• Mental
• Illness
• Eviction
• Prostitution

[ukeka]

This is trash !! Everyone on section 8 is not mental insane as this video shows ?? NOT everyone on Section 8 uses drugs !! thats so wrong .. Ther are some that F**K it up for good people but lets not throw everyong who has a housing subsidy in one pot .. there good and bad people on All sides ..

[AllThatMakesUsHuman]

This should be a trailer about mental illness and not section 8.

[pwlover91]

I have some INSANE sectino 8 neighbors. The daughter is a pathological liar, and the mother is a druggie. They've gotten into so many fights with other tenants, they're bound to be evicted soon. Plus the daughter has a recent criminal record, so if housing were to look at that, BYE BYE apartment for them (and thank God too).

[abctomymagicwand]

Thank God, my Section 8 people are not like this. Wow

[getrealthen]

@EarthBeautifull

hey, let me tell ya. Honest truth, I know an attorney who lives in section 8, and the rent is like 200 $. No water or trash bill, government subsidized electric bill----YEA!!!! Is that crazy or what? The attorney is lazy, but maintains a business and income, and sacrifices nothing. Gets clients appointed by the judge all the time----in several counties as a matter of fact, like 40 miles radius of a large city. Rent---yearly based net.  Now, you tell me?? HUH??

[EarthBeautifull]

@MissLouProductions i don't work for nobody people work for me.

[MissLouProductions]

@EarthBeautifull Well good for you! I like your can-do attitude. I'll give you a call when my toilet needs a cleaning. Maybe burn up some of that pent up hostility of yours. Have a great weekend.

[EarthBeautifull]

@MissLouProductions Y do Tax payers have to pay for your bad decisions. You chose the bastard, and to have kids with him which you probably couldn't afford I bet. They you get a free meal from productive people who work hard. You should of made better choice in men. But its ok this fucked up country is not gonna change until people like u drag all of us down. I would never take from any one, make my own way , I would cut grass, scrub toilets if I had to but never take a penny of uncle Sam.

[EarthBeautifull]

They all look like able bodied people to me why can't they work? The problem with these social programs is the abuse and fraud in the system. People who make poor decisions in their lives and can't manage their own lives should suffer the consequences and not burden overall society or they'll drag all of us down with them.

[cybersphere]

I've seen more than enough. These people should be locked up.

[MissLouProductions]

We're not all derelicts. Furthermore, we're not all content to stay on the government dole. I was a battered woman for twelve years and section 8 helped me reclaim my independence and secure a future for my children. I have used this opportunity to go to school. It's taken me 4 years but I am closing my HUD contract on the first of the month! I have kept my home clean and followed every guideline to a tee. So sick of holier-than-thou taxpayers. I have now become one and will give back the help!

[bolshebiks]

i hate section 8, actually it is destroying my family.