Stampede Chaos as Thousands of Dallas Residents Apply for Housing Vouchers

You only need to watch the video to see madness and desperation unfold. Times are hard and only getting worse. What will these crowds look like 3 Months from now? 6 Months? A Year?

Ambulances and Paramedics arrive on a scene of what can only be described as looking like a riot or even a war Zone.

A crush of thousands of Dallas residents caused some early morning chaos in a mad scramble to line up for a housing voucher waiting list Thursday. More than 21,000 applied with the DHA, mostly online, for 5,000 waiting list spots, and 8,000 applied for 100 available vouchers in Plano.

At least eight minor injuries were reported in the rush to apply for the vouchers, which if approved, would pay a portion of the holder’s rent.
Looks like the local News Station knew something was going to happen:

From CNN:

And to top it all off, the police seen it coming ahead of time:

A Dallas County sheriff''s deputy monitors the line for rental assistance voucher applications Thursday morning outside the Jesse Owens Memorial Complex in Dallas. Thousands of people turned out to apply as Dallas County's housing agency started accepting applications for the first time in five years.

www.dallasnews.com... s-in-dallas-county.ece

When, at 6 a.m., officials said it was time to form a line, a frantic rush ensued — the latest sign of people’s desperation for help in tough times. There were no serious injuries, but video footage of the chaos received national attention.

“Once they said we could go on the property, it was a stampede, a circus,” said Adelia Frierson, a 24-year-old single mother applying for the federally funded assistance. Zachary Thompson, the county’s director of health and human services, said the turnout once again demonstrates the need for the Housing Choice Vouchers, also known as Section 8. By the end of the day, about 5,000 households had applied.

Applicants for the housing vouchers are not required to live in Dallas County.

Falling on hard times while employed just doesn't seem worth it:

Tashia Moss of Richardson has a job as a home health worker — but it does not provide enough to cover basic expenses. “I work; I just don’t make enough money,” said the 32-year-old, who is trying to support two teenagers.

Barrett said she has fallen on hard times since her husband died on Christmas Eve after an operation. The 57-year-old said she cannot make it on her small disability income.

Hell of a comparison:

“This is what you have to go through,” Thompson said. “It’s like when someone wants to get tickets to a sports event or the latest iPad.”

Originally posted by jude11
A crush of thousands of Dallas residents caused some early morning chaos in a mad scramble to line up for a housing voucher waiting list Thursday. More than 21,000 applied with the DHA, mostly online, for 5,000 waiting list spots, and 8,000 applied for 100 available vouchers in Plano.
By the end of the day, about 5,000 households had applied.

Hang on a second!!
This rush was just to fill out a form?
A form that could be done online, or at ANY time during the day?
So there was really no need to rush at all?

If so, this insanity doesnt reflect the desperation of housing shortage, its more like a mob mentality. When some started to run, a whole bunch more sheep just got caught up in the moment.

Wow, just too much to say about this.

Just a huge mixture of greed along with some desperation and panic and toss in a dash of mob mentality.

I honestly belive this scene is the future, this is the SHTF scenario. Humans tearing each other apart to get one more piece then the next and too get it faster than the rest.

When something really bad happens, we will kill each other with the excuse of trying to survive.

I know when stuff gets bad all I will do is sit down with my family and enjoy every minute.

Thank you Op great post.

Originally posted by alfa1

Originally posted by jude11
A crush of thousands of Dallas residents caused some early morning chaos in a mad scramble to line up for a housing voucher waiting list Thursday. More than 21,000 applied with the DHA, mostly online, for 5,000 waiting list spots, and 8,000 applied for 100 available vouchers in Plano.
By the end of the day, about 5,000 households had applied.

Hang on a second!!
This rush was just to fill out a form?
A form that could be done online, or at ANY time during the day?
So there was really no need to rush at all?

If so, this insanity doesnt reflect the desperation of housing shortage, its more like a mob mentality. When some started to run, a whole bunch more sheep just got caught up in the moment.

It is a little strange but my guess is some may not have internet access while others may believe that a personal appearance would speed up the process.

I can't say. I have never seen this before.

Originally posted by GisfridMaillor
Wow, just too much to say about this.

Just a huge mixture of greed along with some desperation and panic and toss in a dash of mob mentality.

I honestly belive this scene is the future, this is the SHTF scenario. Humans tearing each other apart to get one more piece then the next and too get it faster than the rest.

When something really bad happens, we will kill each other with the excuse of trying to survive.

I know when stuff gets bad all I will do is sit down with my family and enjoy every minute.

Thank you Op great post.

The question is how America got to this point and how far is it going to go?

I am lost for words as well.

reply to post by jude11

It may not have been that bad now, but what is going to happen when the economy collapses and the bread lines start forming? I’ll bet it will make this look pretty mild in comparison.

Can you imagine millions of residents rushing and fighting for food? I really need to get outta this town before TSHTF!

Originally posted by tvtexan
reply to post by jude11

 

It may not have been that bad now, but what is going to happen when the economy collapses and the bread lines start forming? I’ll bet it will make this look pretty mild in comparison.

Can you imagine millions of residents rushing and fighting for food? I really need to get outta this town before TSHTF!

Looking at this, I'd say getting out is a plan best implemented ASAP.

Things are only going to get worse when it's the food lines that are being reported on.

reply to post by jude11


I wish I knew exactly how it got here, then we could learn from it faster and prevent it elsewhere.

Only thing I can figure is it's a mixture of human trait's we need to overcome.

Greed from top to bottom. Fear of fictional possibilities. Just not loving everyone like you love yourself.

As for where it is going, we have so many examples.

Anywhere between Somolia to Costa Rica. Anarchy and choas or stability, no miltary, and a more self suffiecent citizen.

Texas is honestly a very depressing state to live in.

I can honestly say that crack addicts in the ghettos in the northeast have a better quality of life than the average working family in Texas. And I sincerely mean that will total honesty.

Good ol conservative states.

reply to post by GisfridMaillor

Only thing I can figure is it's a mixture of human trait's we need to overcome.

For Sure!

Just watch the evening news every year on "Black Friday"(the day after Thanksgiving)! You will see stories of people getting mauled and trampled to death just to be the first one into Walmart to buy a $90 TV that normally costs $250!

We are a truly selfish and self serving nation, our greed and fear will be our undoing. The powers that be are counting on our reactions, then they can swoop in and provide the solution and military rule that will keep us all in line.

Scary!

Originally posted by tvtexan
reply to post by GisfridMaillor

 

Only thing I can figure is it's a mixture of human trait's we need to overcome.

For Sure!

Just watch the evening news every year on "Black Friday"(the day after Thanksgiving)! You will see stories of people getting mauled and trampled to death just to be the first one into Walmart to buy a $90 TV that normally costs $250!

We are a truly selfish and self serving nation, our greed and fear will be our undoing. The powers that be are counting on our reactions, then they can swoop in and provide the solution and military rule that will keep us all in line.

Scary!

Greed can be controlled tho. Take away the sales.

Desperation is coming up strong and that is the time that people do things we don't admit to being capable of. And it can't be controlled IMO.

reply to post by tvtexan

I couldn't agree with you more.Black Friday yearly stampedes are ridiculous as you said people getting down to our caveman like instincts to save $50 dollars on a TV. 50 Dollars is nice and all but it will not change your life in anyway if you're able to shop on a Black Friday. Plano only had 100 vouchers and 8000 people applied....That really really concerns me and its unfortunate that those who really need it will lose their chance due to a few others who know how to play the system when it comes to government assistance.However I dont blame them for trying since all the big banks got bailouts worth billions and weren't held accountable once they received them.Things are rapidly declining and its only going to get worse as things get harder people will turn against each other before we even think to unite against those responsible.

reply to post by jude11

Desperation is coming up strong and that is the time that people do things we don't admit to being capable of. And it can't be controlled IMO.

I guess that is the scary part of what you posted.

What we see in the video is just a glimpse of what we are truly capable of. Desperation causes people to do things they wouldn't normally do... remember hurricane Katrina? I just think that our Governments are very aware of how many will react and they have already planned on how they will control it.

My patriotic, religious, right-wing, WASP family thinks I'm nuts. I guess that's why I'm talking to you right now and not my dad.

Thanks virtual bro!

This thread is a great example of our economic mess. Is this part of Obama's agenda? What a great campaign ad for Repubs....blah to them also. First, the parents of these children should be blamed for failing to raise educated, productive people. The government can not do that.
Then we can blame the government for failing to teach these people to be productive and hard working. For they people with scrapes? Rub some dirt on it You went there willing and ran the 100yd dash with the rest of them, so quit complaining. Who is to fault? Parents and the government. I would be ashamed if I ever saw my daughter interviewed for a fiasco like this.

Originally posted by mugger
This thread is a great example of our economic mess. Is this part of Obama's agenda? What a great campaign ad for Repubs....blah to them also. First, the parents of these children should be blamed for failing to raise educated, productive people. The government can not do that.
Then we can blame the government for failing to teach these people to be productive and hard working. For they people with scrapes? Rub some dirt on it

You went there willing and ran the 100yd dash with the rest of them, so quit complaining. Who is to fault? Parents and the government. I would be ashamed if I ever saw my daughter interviewed for a fiasco like this.

A 100 yd Dash for assistance is so demoralizing and in a way shameful to watch. I don't believe many would be there if they didn't need it. And you are probably right on the agenda angle as well.

How can a Country go from the Oklahoma Land Rush to the Dallas Welfare Stampede in such a short blink of an eye in time?

reply to post by jude11


and the best part is this ironic coincidence;

The office at the

Jesse Owens Memorial Complex

wasn't supposed to open until 8 a.m., but some applicants started lining up at 10 o'clock Wednesday night.

Jesse Owens

looks like they were try'n awful hard to break Jesse's record !!!



not the first time for this either !



maybe they should 'a listened to this guy!

the whole thing is part of the magical "picture in a picture" plan.

Strategy of Manufactured Crisis

The Strategy was first elucidated in the May 2, 1966 issue of The Nation magazine by a pair of radical socialist Columbia University professors, Richard Andrew Cloward and Frances Fox Piven. David Horowitz summarizes it as:

The strategy of forcing political change through orchestrated crisis. The "Cloward-Piven Strategy" seeks to hasten the fall of capitalism by overloading the government bureaucracy with a flood of impossible demands, thus pushing society into crisis and economic collapse.

Capitalizing on the racial unrest of the 1960s, Cloward and Piven saw the welfare system as their first target. They enlisted radical black activist George Wiley, who created the National Welfare Reform Organization (NWRO) to implement the strategy. Wiley hired militant foot soldiers to storm welfare offices around the country, violently demanding their "rights." According to a City Journal article by Sol Stern, welfare rolls increased from 4.3 million to 10.8 million by the mid-1970s as a result, and in New York City, where the strategy had been particularly successful, "one person was on the welfare rolls... for every two working in the city's private economy."

The vast expansion of welfare in New York City that came of the NWRO's Cloward-Piven tactics sent the city into bankruptcy in 1975. Rudy Giuliani cited Cloward and Piven by name as being responsible for "an effort at economic sabotage." He also credited Cloward-Piven with changing the cultural attitude toward welfare from that of a temporary expedient to a lifetime entitlement, an attitude which in-and-of-itself has caused perhaps the greatest damage of all.

The movement's impact on New York City was jolting: welfare caseloads, already climbing 12 percent a year in the early sixties, rose by 50 percent during Lindsay's first two years; spending doubled... The city had 150,000 welfare cases in 1960; a decade later it had 1.5 million.

bottom line: somebody else makes the money ... a classic fundraiser tactic at YOUR expense !

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the "targets" don't get much ...... just higher prices.

reply to post by xuenchen


The Simpsons do a great of showing Mob Rule Mentality but unfortunately, no lessons are learned.

Yeah, this will only continue to get worse as these events are simply the kettle bubbling. I wake up everyday expecting the straw to finally break.

reply to post by xuenchen


I remember reading about those events and there are definitely a lot of parallels that can be drawn. The experiment is over tho.

Now they have perfected the ways in which to instill fear, anxiety and anger almost like it's a button. Using the MSM as their greatest instrument leaves 99% of the population vulnerable to whatever result is desired by TPTB.