Not totally, half the problem is they keep reelecting the same dumbasses year after year, decade after decade. They wouldn't care that the state is on fire, whoops, it IS on fire right now...
You said it! I was born in Sacramento in the 60's and I saw the gradual liberal takeover and now the final down the toilet bowl now. They quit their fire management programs and infrastructure repairs and expansions to fund bullshit programs like this one! Nothing but greed drives these people.
@@largol33t1 We have a top two primary so we're stuck with the same jerks every election and in some offices only one person is running with no challengers. The only way to get rid of the dinosaurs is to set term limits for each office. I mean Feinstein is 87 and has been in office since 1992! No disrespect to the elderly but you can't tell me an 87 year old still has all their mental faculties intact!
Corrupt to the bone, money that gets pissed away, these people need to pay a massive fine and do some time. The justification is the amount of people abusing the system is small. But factor that out into the whole State with every way possible and it amounts to billions per year. Construction fraud, road works fraud, welfare, and it goes on and on.
jaymeez - Exactly! The local government acts as if they intend to root out, and prosecute these folks, when in reality, they're continually making it possible for them to conduct this particular type of corrupt business.
Well...if BMR’s are only supposed to be a ‘stepping stone’ how is it that they aren’t subject to review and verification? How is it that a tenant could become a millionaire and continue to retain a low income unit when the units are designed for transitioning occupants?
Why should the government cause you to move if own and live in an affordable property if you obtained it legally? If your deed restrictions and home owners association state you must live in your home at the time of purchase and you choose to move and rent it out then yes you should be prosecuted. If this is your first property but you choose to purchase other properties and continue to live in this one and rent those out then that should be your business. If your HOA and deed don't say no Airbnb like rental agreements while you ocuppy the property or go on vacation or have to travel for work then they need to leave them alone if this is their primary residence. The next person is just going to get around all these rules by purchasing property in someone else's name, like a child and still make the same money. People should not be punished for finding a way to be successful and forced to buy a more expensive home.
mk toohtwo Bc ppl who know scams use them and ppl of power wont even look at a poor person much less care who is destroying their lives. Unless, of course,,it is a juicy news story and somebody wants a byline for their resume.
@@joannlewis3559 No it's not an excuse, unless someone is legally contracted to do something when they purchase the home the government can't do much unless they pass a law regarding those properties through a vote. Even then grandfather clauses exist. Future sales need to have it in writing that they can't sublet and once they reach a certain income level they need to sell the property.
Stephon TheDon How did those places become "affordable"? Did the prior owners of those houses suddenly feel charitable? Did the mayor put a gun to their heads and threaten them? Did God come down from heaven and pit an un-changeable price tag on them? It's a government run program which means it's subsidized. Not like Section 8, but in the form of grants and rebates.
@Tradin War Stories Its a government handout. The government forced the owners of those properties to rent at below market rates. The government took their money, and gave it to someone else. That someone else, in his case, exploited the government's actions to profit.
@Arthur Vega it is if ur not working lol Also because u probably don't even pay the difference, the city covers in costs, in ur taxes. Especially if ur living in one of these. That's why it's important that the people who live and pay their own full rent, pay taxes on top of their un-discounted living expenses.
Дядя Федя who is watching?who is going to tell? The places are just holes for crime. So if the crims dont take from you the staff will. I wonder where we are going to put all the illegals when they come through the wall. Oh,wait,we dont have a wall.
They're investigating? Well, the reporters just did it for you! Get on it! The government can't even control this problem, and they want us to trust them with healthcare? Sheesh!
Sometimes it takes a while for it to become a lawsuit. It seems more like someone in the department was lazy to do some sort of follow up check with these owners.
elena 240 You start off poor, then make use of the system, then you get rich, and then you get richer by exploiting the other poor ppl. Isnt that the American way? Capitalism at its finest. 😡
These are not for poor people they are "Below Market Rate", and since Market rate is skyrocketing that means "Below Market Rate" is for fairly affluent but not rich people.
Simple. Put a sign on the build telling renters it’s BMR and renting is illegal. What renters would rent and pay $3100 knowing they have no protection.
Embarrassing when people say " I'm going to call my lawyer " like shut up and stop embarrassing yourself with blatant lies. Even if you have a lawyer, so? They aren't there with you!
You'd be surprised how many bmws, benz, and porches are in parking lot of these lottery-won low income housings. System abusers are parasites that hurt the goodwill.
The Grove in CA. same thing apts and condos rented out to certain people in the high income bracket making well over 120,00 a year paying low income rent guess who they are
"Sometimes it take awhile to get to a lawsuit." It should always take awhile to get to a lawsuit. I think the woman help regulate all of it, is in on it she been paid off.
EVERYONE I know who has one of those apartments is doing exactly this in NY. They all have a second house, living a life. It is so profitable. Even the ones who live in one most of the year, they still get "paid" more to take vacations.
With every program you have people who abuse it, doesn’t mean you should end the whole program. There are bad apples everywhere, track them down and kick them out.
This is so sad. There are plenty of people who need the help through no fault of their own. Basically these people are getting away with stealing from the state
The program is not fair to san Francisco residents who are low income especially for veterans who live in the city. I was placed on the list at the rank of 682
All they need to do is hire a couple people to do checks at different times then send ONE registered letter saying they need to prove they live in the unit. THAT DAY! Or else the unit goes back to the city.
Seriously though why is there below market rate housing anyways what a stupid idea. Deregulate and people are gonna build some tall ass apartment buildings real quick
I seen some of my parents neighborhood in this clip...a damn shame that i couldnt afford to stay closer to them but at least i know there's a lot more reason than just my effort
Bulshit get them out even if they know somebody or contribute to their campaign. I don't care who they're related to. It's time for them to give someone else a chance to move up
If you dont own it....and can't afford to play rent.... then get out. That's the real world. You dont have to live in SF. If u wanna struggle ,,that's on u.
Maria Benjamin is a large part of the problem. Monitoring of program participants, investigation of violations and filing subsequent lawsuits are all hard work and she is only willing to put in effort when her job/lifestyle is threatened. I know two people who were subletting their BMR's for years and never heard a peep from any city official. One of them bought a very nice boat with his extra cash. Now, did anyone notice she immediately downplayed the glaring theft right in front of her eyes by saying how few are abusing the program? Fast forward to 2020 and the problem she largely ignored is now rampant. Welcome to San Francisco!
The problem isn't with these people its the local government and policies. $500,000.000 for below market rate units 🤦♂️? All the major companies have already left or in the process of leaving. This country is going to implode soon nothing makes sense anymore.
This also goes on with low income apartment rentals. I live in San Diego at the first GLBT senior citizen housing. There's a lot of crazy stuff that goes on here that just gets pushed under the rug. There is a lesbian couple that has their apartment on Airbnb and also "12 Stepper" recovery program to rent out to help these people that's actually listed on the internet. They got busted finally but they're still living here and still listed on the internet for rent. Pushed under the rug again... There's a waiting list and people waiting to get on the waiting list for this place. Smells fishy doesn't it?
Reporter: "So this is not your house" Caroline Novak: "Mmm... huh...I am just staying here (stumbles)... for a couple of days" Hahaha, couldn't sound more guilty if she tried
J H The city of San Francisco created this problem by sticking it's nose into the free market, controlling rents and mismanaging a program that allows this sort of fraud. If you live in San Francisco, did you vote for these people in your government? I bet you did.
R Rs This may be over your head. The market rates are artificial in SF because government has interfered in the free market. The city has passed laws that discourage new investments in affordable housing. You need an education in economics
if the property sells for the max the taxes on it will be tremendous and they can use that money for more larger public housing at a cheaper location. they will trash the houses after a while though.
This is why California is in the state it's in.
Not totally, half the problem is they keep reelecting the same dumbasses year after year, decade after decade. They wouldn't care that the state is on fire, whoops, it IS on fire right now...
You said it! I was born in Sacramento in the 60's and I saw the gradual liberal takeover and now the final down the toilet bowl now. They quit their fire management programs and infrastructure repairs and expansions to fund bullshit programs like this one! Nothing but greed drives these people.
@@largol33t1 We have a top two primary so we're stuck with the same jerks every election and in some offices only one person is running with no challengers. The only way to get rid of the dinosaurs is to set term limits for each office. I mean Feinstein is 87 and has been in office since 1992! No disrespect to the elderly but you can't tell me an 87 year old still has all their mental faculties intact!
Corrupt to the bone, money that gets pissed away, these people need to pay a massive fine and do some time.
The justification is the amount of people abusing the system is small. But factor that out into the whole State with every way possible and it amounts
to billions per year. Construction fraud, road works fraud, welfare, and it goes on and on.
Get these Greedy people out!!! This is gentrification with the help of the city, Get Em Out!!!
jaymeez - Exactly! The local government acts as if they intend to root out, and prosecute these folks, when in reality, they're continually making it possible for them to conduct this particular type of corrupt business.
It's not gentrification. It's just opportunists taking advantage.
Yep, I agree.
This shit beyond gentrified now
i live in a billion dollar house
Well...if BMR’s are only supposed to be a ‘stepping stone’ how is it that they aren’t subject to review and verification? How is it that a tenant could become a millionaire and continue to retain a low income unit when the units are designed for transitioning occupants?
mk toohtwo because the people who run the system make sure they can abuse it while we can barely even use it let alone know about it
Why should the government cause you to move if own and live in an affordable property if you obtained it legally? If your deed restrictions and home owners association state you must live in your home at the time of purchase and you choose to move and rent it out then yes you should be prosecuted. If this is your first property but you choose to purchase other properties and continue to live in this one and rent those out then that should be your business. If your HOA and deed don't say no Airbnb like rental agreements while you ocuppy the property or go on vacation or have to travel for work then they need to leave them alone if this is their primary residence. The next person is just going to get around all these rules by purchasing property in someone else's name, like a child and still make the same money. People should not be punished for finding a way to be successful and forced to buy a more expensive home.
@@ThatGirlJD yeah, they should. And the reason they don't get punished is because people like you make excuses.
mk toohtwo Bc ppl who know scams use them and ppl of power wont even look at a poor person much less care who is destroying their lives. Unless, of course,,it is a juicy news story and somebody wants a byline for their resume.
@@joannlewis3559 No it's not an excuse, unless someone is legally contracted to do something when they purchase the home the government can't do much unless they pass a law regarding those properties through a vote. Even then grandfather clauses exist. Future sales need to have it in writing that they can't sublet and once they reach a certain income level they need to sell the property.
“ yeah I live a there” while in front of the BMW lol
This makes it worse for the people who actually need low income housing, for them to own property.
How much is the BMR director getting in kickbacks?
She claim the amount of abuse is so small. That small she talks about affects that "so small" group who are homeless. This is ridiculous...
You know the homeless have no business in homes like that ,wake up,they would trash it up
She probably gave units to her friends and family thats why.
Oh my God someone took advantage of a government handout? Who could have predicted this??
Stephon TheDon How did those places become "affordable"? Did the prior owners of those houses suddenly feel charitable? Did the mayor put a gun to their heads and threaten them? Did God come down from heaven and pit an un-changeable price tag on them?
It's a government run program which means it's subsidized. Not like Section 8, but in the form of grants and rebates.
@Tradin War Stories Its a government handout. The government forced the owners of those properties to rent at below market rates. The government took their money, and gave it to someone else. That someone else, in his case, exploited the government's actions to profit.
But this time it was rich people
Takes out ebt card with the same hand that sports the apple watch😂
Idk bruh
The system ftw😂
@Arthur Vega it is if ur not working lol
Also because u probably don't even pay the difference, the city covers in costs, in ur taxes. Especially if ur living in one of these. That's why it's important that the people who live and pay their own full rent, pay taxes on top of their un-discounted living expenses.
All talk no action
if they spent half as much time doing their jobs as they did making excuses the problem wouldn't exist....
Im appalled but not surprised.
Dude yeah totally blonde English speaking illegals. So stupid...
Don’t pay rent, see what happens. “You’re not renting this, how can I owe you rent ?
If im a renter of a bmr i wouldnt pay rent or threaten to blackmail to get a very low rent forever. Lol.
Heh. Not a bad idea. It's really hard to evict someone in California.
Since when its allowed to rent Goverment Subsidized Housing?
Дядя Федя who is watching?who is going to tell? The places are just holes for crime. So if the crims dont take from you the staff will. I wonder where we are going to put all the illegals when they come through the wall. Oh,wait,we dont have a wall.
since it states that you have to live there. did you not pay attention to the video?
They're investigating? Well, the reporters just did it for you! Get on it!
The government can't even control this problem, and they want us to trust them with healthcare? Sheesh!
@@grandmalovesmebest actually that one condo was actually pretty nice
It's done all the time in England, if you can't be bothered to earn it then sponge off the state
As she gets in her new BMW.
Sometimes it takes a while for it to become a lawsuit. It seems more like someone in the department was lazy to do some sort of follow up check with these owners.
Update this story please!! I bet nothing has happened since. That housing lady should lose her job.
I dont get it you are suppossed to be poor and afford 2.5 million house ???
2.5 million in The bay area is poor
elena 240 You start off poor, then make use of the system, then you get rich, and then you get richer by exploiting the other poor ppl. Isnt that the American way? Capitalism at its finest. 😡
These are not for poor people they are "Below Market Rate", and since Market rate is skyrocketing that means "Below Market Rate" is for fairly affluent but not rich people.
@@grandmalovesmebest you can label it capitalism, but the truth is its corruption and it's all in California baby.
@Never lose sleep over the small stuff Google is your friend.
just remember - you can't take it with you!
what.... you cant take anything with you. You can pass it on to someone else.
"We're watching but we really don't want to get involved over something that won't line our pockets enough."
Call your attorney, man body. Who wants to live in a feces covered town? It was nice in the 70s.
Simple. Put a sign on the build telling renters it’s BMR and renting is illegal. What renters would rent and pay $3100 knowing they have no protection.
Embarrassing when people say " I'm going to call my lawyer " like shut up and stop embarrassing yourself with blatant lies. Even if you have a lawyer, so? They aren't there with you!
The smart move would be to occupy the bmr, and rent out the other property.
You'd be surprised how many bmws, benz, and porches are in parking lot of these lottery-won low income housings. System abusers are parasites that hurt the goodwill.
Manhwa Fan And a lot of those cars are stolen!
The Grove in CA. same thing apts and condos rented out to certain people in the high income bracket making well over 120,00 a year paying low income rent guess who they are
The system shouldnt exist, its increasing one small groups networth while the rest all pay for it.
"Sometimes it take awhile to get to a lawsuit." It should always take awhile to get to a lawsuit. I think the woman help regulate all of it, is in on it she been paid off.
Jeez those million dollar homes, are small an crappy. Here you can get a new bigger home for a quarter of that
move to texas
Where is here. California has an average home cost of 800k. So anywhere except New York city.
Thank you for reporting these. This shows one of the the best of journalism. Sad how tax payer moneys were used.
Why are people alound to do BS. like this, but not one of them are going to prison
EVERYONE I know who has one of those apartments is doing exactly this in NY. They all have a second house, living a life. It is so profitable. Even the ones who live in one most of the year, they still get "paid" more to take vacations.
Unconscionable.
How are they getting approved for the BMR as 1st Time Home Buyers but they all have million+ dollar homes ?
you can make as much money as you want after getting the house. maybe no way for the city to attain a list of all assets from banks or wherever
So what's the penalty here? They are just going to lose the BMR unit? Doesn't seem that bad of a risk for them.
This program shouldn't even exist in the first place. Why should tax payers subsidize these people's properties.
Millionaires low income? So I must be a millionaire then. since I'm a low income.get it?
The fraud number is so low. Low is not a number. It's a relative comparison.
Those homes were never meant for poor people they were meant for friends with politicians
This was over 2 years ago. Nothing much seems to have been done, the internet news search on the lawsuits have no results or outcome.
That girl do sound Spanish? Wait $3100 thats insane and the court are going to protect them
Does anyone else not believe Maria saying that the numbers are small, or they are trying to do something?
Disgusting....
SF is just getting more despicable and more disgusting in every possible way and form.
With every program you have people who abuse it, doesn’t mean you should end the whole program. There are bad apples everywhere, track them down and kick them out.
Here in libtardville where zero accountability reigns superior
Corruption at soooooo many levels
This is so sad. There are plenty of people who need the help through no fault of their own. Basically these people are getting away with stealing from the state
How crazy when she says it's such a small percentage of ppl cheating.
Ed Lee and the city of SF know it the whole time. Stop pretending like you know nothing about. This crap happens every where, every day in California.
Omg she lives on my street 😳😳😳 yea I can’t wait to leave sf this year! It’s insane
It's now been 2 year's since comment. Did you leave? Jw
This is terrible. These greedy people will be living dirt soon.
Exactly how did they get it in the first place
For some (greedy lowlifes), too much is never enough.
They would rather take something from you to deprive you of its benefit
The program is not fair to san Francisco residents who are low income especially for veterans who live in the city. I was placed on the list at the rank of 682
These people should be put in jail for 10 years
All they need to do is hire a couple people to do checks at different times then send ONE registered letter saying they need to prove they live in the unit. THAT DAY! Or else the unit goes back to the city.
It is sad what has happened to the housing market. In the lack of action from the people that are supposed to protect the public.
Lawsuit? It’s criminal fraud. Should they be going to prison?
I don't trust the mayor's office
I’m shocked people are scamming the system
Lock them up 20 years jail , fraudulent
Get em CBS!
Many many more, need to be investigate 🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
A $500,000 home for middle income people? Honey, if you can afford the mortgage on a 500k home, you're not middle income.
happen all over Hawaii, thats why a lot of my family and friends moved away😡. so sad for locals in my aina😞
Seriously though why is there below market rate housing anyways what a stupid idea. Deregulate and people are gonna build some tall ass apartment buildings real quick
Wtf is going on in San Francisco? What happened to that place ?
No thanks. 1million for garbage condos.
When they sell the properties do they have to sell them at below market rate back to the council or can they sell them on at market rate?
In the early ones they could sell at market rates. In later ones there is a limit on the markup allowed
I seen some of my parents neighborhood in this clip...a damn shame that i couldnt afford to stay closer to them but at least i know there's a lot more reason than just my effort
Bulshit get them out even if they know somebody or contribute to their campaign. I don't care who they're related to. It's time for them to give someone else a chance to move up
At least they are keeping the places quite clean
BMR is a great program to help one become a homeowner. I now have a nice 2 beds, 1 bath, 1 car townhouse condo for sale in San Francisco.
Oh man... we should sign a lease on a bmr unit and not pay any rent. That would teach them a lesson.
Decades ? Sometimes it takes awhile? Wow. I am sure that Lady in Red thinks she is doing a great job too.
I bet you this is still going on… smh
The owners should be able do what they want it their property
Its unconstitutional
Low income housing should never be allowed to be owned. They should be city property until the people are able to afford better housing
If you dont own it....and can't afford to play rent.... then get out. That's the real world. You dont have to live in SF. If u wanna struggle ,,that's on u.
If we only had more government we’d all be happy and safe
Build a wall against greedy ppl!
Maria Benjamin is a large part of the problem. Monitoring of program participants, investigation of violations and filing subsequent lawsuits are all hard work and she is only willing to put in effort when her job/lifestyle is threatened. I know two people who were subletting their BMR's for years and never heard a peep from any city official. One of them bought a very nice boat with his extra cash. Now, did anyone notice she immediately downplayed the glaring theft right in front of her eyes by saying how few are abusing the program? Fast forward to 2020 and the problem she largely ignored is now rampant. Welcome to San Francisco!
It's hard to believe that the city of SF haven't got more than these people sooner, after all SF city official are much smarter than that
Dammit America sent San Francisco all of its garbage.
kwcbomb Nah,it is pretty well spread all over the country.
Shame on SF officials
The problem isn't with these people its the local government and policies. $500,000.000 for below market rate units 🤦♂️? All the major companies have already left or in the process of leaving. This country is going to implode soon nothing makes sense anymore.
Wow! and most are foreigners. Yeah, city workers never catch or do anything. So what's new??
Investigate those who process paper work .
If you can't marry a rich man and take his home, then find another way I guess. Very aspiring women.
"The number is so small" means you know they are cheating but not interested in preventing it.
0:25 I like the way she exposed the back story here
What the F it's just a little bit of people doing this...what the F , do your job!!!
I got priced out of SF in 2013. I would give anything to be able to move back home. But I know it will never happen.
That’s good they don’t really give the help to the right people who need the help
All of them are commiting a crime.
you couldn't pay me enough to live in California, much less San Francisco
This also goes on with low income apartment rentals. I live in San Diego at the first GLBT senior citizen housing. There's a lot of crazy stuff that goes on here that just gets pushed under the rug. There is a lesbian couple that has their apartment on Airbnb and also "12 Stepper" recovery program to rent out to help these people that's actually listed on the internet. They got busted finally but they're still living here and still listed on the internet for rent. Pushed under the rug again... There's a waiting list and people waiting to get on the waiting list for this place. Smells fishy doesn't it?
Omg these low life thugs need to be stop
All the politicians are doing the same crap
Frisco and other cities take care of their cronies and families.
Reporter: "So this is not your house"
Caroline Novak: "Mmm... huh...I am just staying here (stumbles)... for a couple of days"
Hahaha, couldn't sound more guilty if she tried
If you can’t rent it then you don’t own it.
J H The city of San Francisco created this problem by sticking it's nose into the free market, controlling rents and mismanaging a program that allows this sort of fraud. If you live in San Francisco, did you vote for these people in your government? I bet you did.
No housing should be below market rate in the first place.
R Rs This may be over your head. The market rates are artificial in SF because government has interfered in the free market. The city has passed laws that discourage new investments in affordable housing. You need an education in economics
if the property sells for the max the taxes on it will be tremendous and they can use that money for more larger public housing at a cheaper location. they will trash the houses after a while though.
So small but we still cant find them
Can't you press charges on these people?