[mijoro]

Has anyone stayed at the Sedona Condos/ Apartments. I am liking the area and am tossing up between Park Ave, Manhattan Sedona and Boca Ratton.

With Sedona being the cheapest of the lot but still in the same area I was wondering other than being a couple of years older than the others and only 2 story rather than multi is there another reason why staying there is significantly cheaper.

I also notice that Park Avenue is open to section 8 applicants and wonder if that will make a difference in future rent prices at that group of apartments?

[Willy702]

Sedona was a condo conversion of a run of the mill apartment complex. The other places were built as higher end condos. So definitely should be a price differential.

[lvoc]

As Willy said...

Sedona is simply of a different class. Not remotely competitive with Park, Manhattan, Boca.

There is no Section 8 permission. In general these places are simply too expensive for Section 8. And allowing Section 8 is an owners decision. I doubt an HOA could block Section 8 without violating the housing laws.

[mijoro]

Awesome, thank you for that. I could have sworn I had seen "section 8 ok" on one of the advertisements for Park Ave.

I am actually leaning more towards Park Ave and Boca with Park Ave being my favorite thus far. I am concerned though about noise levels in the multiplex's such as these.

[mijoro]

This is what had me confused I think.

[lvoc]

That is property manager working the low end.

[NLVgal]

Originally Posted by lvoc

That is property manager working the low end.

So some units there do take section 8? OP was not confused?

[lvoc]

Originally Posted by NLVgal

So some units there do take section 8? OP was not confused?

Uhhh no. This guy is repping one unit and may not even be taking Section 8 on that one. Simply the name of the operation.

Section 8 can happen anywhere but has relatively low rent limits and reasonably stringent limits on income.

[mijoro]

Coming from Australia, I dont know much about how section 8 works I figure its sort of like our public housing here but instead works more like a voucher system where the government picks up part of the rent?

I guess it doesn't particularly matter as a renter as I am sure the HOA will keep everyone in line regardless if they are section * renters, interstate renters, overseas renters or anything else.

The main reason I ask is because here most public housing is young families and I would prefer to live in a quieter setting as I understand that kids like to run and jump and play, so a large family orientated appartment/condo complex may not be suitable for me.

[BBMW]

I'm not an expert on it, but I believe section 8 gives the recipient a voucher they can use on any housing they can rent. The idea is not to concentrate the poor in housing projects and create a ghetto. If the LL will take the voucher, the renter can use it there.