Desperate In Atlanta (And How Many Other Places?)

[unhappycamper]

Desperate In Atlanta (And How Many Other Places?)
by Abby Zimet
08.11.10 - 10:24 PM

An unbelievable scene at an Atlanta shopping center, where 30,000 people - some of whom had waited two days - stood for hours in sweltering heat to get applications for Section 8 subsidized housing. Applications, not guarantees. For a waiting list, not an existing home. Dozens fainted, as police in riot gear held back the desperate crowd. One commentator asked, "Aren't we better than this?" Answer: Apparently not.

"No Section 8 vouchers are available at this time. There are no public housing units available at this time. You're applying for the waiting list only." - Sign on office door.

[babylonsister]

1. Wow. A picture's worth a thousand words; whoever said that

was right.
Sad.

[Systematic Chaos]

2. Mike Malloy went apeshit over this on his show last night.

Thirty thousand people trying to apply for 400 units. That's just over a 1% chance of getting a unit.

It's going to get a lot worse before it gets better.

[HillbillyBob]

3. I guess many are sorry for voting against their/or better interests

unfortunately a lot of the rest of us are caught up in the Second Great Depression.
Gee, How is that drowned in the bathtub got workin for yas?

I think we need to drown a bunch of neokons and their enablers..but not in a bath tub out to see a few miles to see if the fat fuckers can swim back from 20 miles out.

[marmar]

4. I doubt that the people in that crowd voted against their interests.

nt

[SpiralHawk]

5. "This is completely natural." - Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R)

"Because this sorry ass situation is the long-term fallout of Republiconomics, we must blame Obama. The only solution is MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE tax cuts for rich republicons. Smirk."

- Rush DraftDodger Limbaugh (R - Overpaid Corporate Propagandist)

[Jkid]

6. Why can't they just build homes instead of maintaining waiting lists?

[MikeW]

7. with what funding, they dont have enough to build homes.

[donheld]

8. It's nationwide

[seattleblue]

9. Why don't they put these appliations online?

Anyone can use a library computer for free if they don't have one at home.