Apartments Based on Income

About a year ago I was laid off from my high paying job. Since then I have not found another job and I have pretty much burned through my savings. I had to move out of my luxury apartment and find a cheap place to live. I was looking around my city but none of the cheap apartments were within my price range. In order to find a place that I could afford I would have to move really far away. Then I friend asked me why I did not consider applying for apartments based on income. The government helps pay the part of the rent which would drastically reduce the rent for me.

I would certainly qualify for this because it is based on income. The lower your income, the higher your chances of getting into this program. Since I basically made no money last year, I think I would easily get into this program. So I looked online and found the nearest housing agency where I went to apply for this program. After being accepted into this program, I could go find any place that I wanted to live as long as the landlord accepted the voucher from HUD.

So I began my search for an apartment. Finding an apartment was fairly easy. I did my entire search online and just called up the complex asking if they accepted Section 8. Eventually I found a place that would accept me. I drove to the complex to have a closer look and see if that is where I wanted to live. The place looked pretty nice and the environment was good. The important thing was that they accepted the voucher. It felt good that I did not have to go live in a really bad place because I could not afford a nice place.