hasidic neighborhood in center of 'new' brooklyn is a top beneficiary of section 8

[Trill Clinton]

Hasidic neighborhood in B'klyn is a top beneficiary of Section 8

New York City’s 123,000 vouchers make this the largest Section 8 voucher program in the country. Reluctant landlords and rising rents are making vouchers nearly impossible to use in many areas of the city. Tenants, especially larger families, are often relegated to the edges of Brooklyn and the Bronx. That’s why this cluster of Hasidic households stands out.

The neighborhood is home to one of the highest concentrations of Section 8 housing vouchers in the city, according to federal data analyzed by WNYC and the Daily News. In several of its census tracts, Section 8 tenants compose more than 30% of residents, a level reached only in scattered pockets of the Bronx.

The difference: In Brooklyn, the Section 8 tenants live smack in the middle of one of the city’s hottest real estate market.

The juxtaposition happened over years, not overnight. Leaders leveraged longstanding political connections to win favorable zoning changes. Local developers bought and built to meet the need. Residents organized to get in line for rental subsidies. Block by block, the community created a de facto free market, affordable housing plan.

It’s only possible in a tight-knit community where the haves help the have-nots, said Rabbi David Niederman, a community leader and local power broker.

“We have people keeping the price lower,” said Niederman, executive director of United Jewish Organizations of Williamsburg. “Even a person living on Section 8 can pay the monthly rentals.”
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[Fabbs]

Obviously they also know who's knob to slob in using the corrupt InJudicial System.

Some prominent people have worked the system — including Rabbi Glanz, the politically connected head of the United Talmudic Academy. Glanz was living in an apartment paid for by his brothers Section 8 voucher. In 2012, the two were accused of defrauding the Section 8 program of $220,000 over 15 years. The brothers pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and served short jail stints.

Then there's is Aron Stark, the brother of Brooklyn developer Menachem Stark, whose 2014 murder made headlines. Last year, Aron tried to push rent-stabilized tenants out of a building he owned in Bushwick. Civil case do ents indicated that Stark for years claimed he qualified for Section 8 while failing to declare his ownership stake in four Brooklyn properties. A city employee testified Stark paid $48 a month in rent for his Heyward St. apartment in 2007, the same year he took out a $1.1 million mortgage on two Han St. properties. Stark gave up his voucher in 2012 and has not been prosecuted for fraud.