You may have gravitated to the program in seeking low-rent housing, but actually, there are more benefits it has to offer!
For one thing, the houses qualifying for the Section 8 program are all safe, sanitary and surely habitable, since they need to be inspected before being declared as rentable.
The specific standard to be met is called Housing Quality Standards (HQS), which defines a qualified house as self-contained, well ventilated and devoid of all potential safety hazards.
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