if your bad credit is due to unpaid medical bills then you should be fine to get a home section 8 housing sucks i rented a section 8 apartment and all my neighbors were dried up alcholics and one of them would always bother me. he tried to get me to help him sort thru his photos ans then randomly wanted to charge his car thru my window. the maintence man randomly tried to enter my apartment when he thought i wasnt home