I guess most of them work from home then? I see you go to Harvard, so you have the privilege of being insulated from the realities of publicly supported destitute poverty. I suspect you've never seen massive fights in a section 8 complex, or people setting trash cans on fire, or people smashing windows, or stealing appliances from their own buildings.
Down the street from Harvard is section 8 housing that I'm sure the GP isn't even aware of, because it looks just like any other building near by. No trash can fires or the like. I used to be a big brother to a kid in that building, so I've been inside many times. None of those things you described were happening.