There is a specific amount of rent established by both Hennepin County's AFDC budgeting process for a family of 1, 2, 3, 4, etc. Also, there is a HUD amount established for a subsidy through Section 8. How do these established amounts effect the cost of rent in Minneapolis. For example: if AFDC says a family of 4 can be subsidized to the tune of, say, $800.00 for an apartment, and HUD says a similar figure, does a landlord set his/her rents to match those numbers and, if they do, does that skewer the actual worth of rental space?
WizardMarks, Central
Eric Meininger, MD wrote:
I was recently in San Francisco, and had a conversation with a cab driver about the cost of housing. In SF they have fairly strict rent control which keeps housing affordable, and encourages longer term tenancy. Rents can go down, but can't go up more than a small percent. I see some potential classist ghettoization, but have we ever looked at why this would or wouldn't work in the Twin Cities?
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