These are just some of the many comments from Let Joe Know viewers reaching out about housing - specifically the federally funded Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher program.
She grew up managing rentals. Her parents managed rentals and her grandparents managed rentals. As a landlord, she knows the Section 8 program has flaws. Other landlords have echoed this sentiment, stating after finding a voucher-holding tenant there is too much time spent before moving in. What about after a tenant moves in? Some landlords say they've had to wait months to receive payment from the program, even with a tenant already living in their rental.Dow lists the addition of inspectors, an online portal, and electronic signatures for paperwork all as recent improvements. She says they've streamlined the move-in and payment process taking what at one point took months down to weeks or even days within the City of Phoenix.