It wasn’t the first time landlord Bradford Yamamoto had rented his Nānākuli condo to someone whose rent was paid through government or nonprofit housing programs such as Section 8 vouchers.
For years, in fact, since not long after he first bought the two-bedroom, one-bathroom unit in 1998 — the only rental property he owns — he had sought out such tenants.
Not for only altruistic reasons: It was good to have the rent guaranteed. And if it came to having to evict someone, he said, the programs were easier to deal with and the proceedings less likely to end up in court…