This "friend" of yours isn't remotely representative of most people on disabilit...

p3rls · on Oct 12, 2023

The only special treatment she got was being bumped to the front of the list for her section 8 housing because of her impending "homelessness" was faked for the mayor.

Very typical stuff though. I work in lot of lower income (NYCHA) buildings in NYC and see this sorta stuff all the time.

crazygringo · on Oct 12, 2023

Felons usually can't get section 8 housing though? Or they have to wait 5 years or something? So how did she do that?

Also, getting disability for depression is extremely difficult. Like to the extent that people who genuinely suffer can't actually get it.

So this story sounds like something extremely rare/lucky, or else she had special treatment all over the place.

(And being bumped to the front of the section 8 list is huge, since that wait can be many years long. That's not a minor thing.)