Ummmmm, have you ever lived in section 8 housing yourself, or known someone who has?
I am currently living in a neighborhood that is in a hotbed of section 8 housing. I bought my house there. It was what I could afford (in California.)
I have section 8 neighbors to the immediate right of me, across the street from me, and kitty corner to me. Most of my street, and the streets around me, are also section 8.
Prior to buying my home, I spent years living in apartments located in section 8 neighborhoods, although the apartments I rented were not actually classified in section 8. They were just cheap and affordable for someone with an extremely limited income.
You don't want to live in section 8 housing.
I don't know my neighbors. Except for one, who acted friendly at first and then tried to break into my home while he was drunk because he "wanted some" and I was the only single girl in the neighborhood, so therefore, he thought I was available and naturally would be receptive to his attentions. (He was married, by the way.) It was scary and I called the police. We no longer speak, obviously.
Problems I deal with in a section 8 neighborhood:
drug dealing
drug dealing on my property
drug dealers parking in front of my house
people mistaking my house for the drug dealers
people using my lawn as a trash bag
people letting their dogs shit on my lawn
dogs just roaming, loose
neglected animals that bark for days at a time
people pissing on my property
people shitting on my property
people stealing anything that is not nailed down on my property, including plants, decorations, etc.
people using hose extensions and or/extension cords to steal my power and water when I am at work
people loitering on the steps of my property or using my (chained to the railing) rocking chairs to relax in while I'm at work
screaming fights between neighbors
neighbors calling the cops on one another
neighbors calling tow trucks on one another to have their cars towed
people doing crazy drugged things (like lying in the middle of the road or running outside the house in just their underwear)
people letting their cousin/boyfriend's daughter/drug dealer's friend camp out permanently in their backyard or side of their house
people encouraging the local homeless population to just "hang out" at their house all day and "party"
gang activity
prostitution and or bartering
lots of unemployed/dropped out high school minors that just hang out all day, destroying stuff, littering, doing drugs, etc.