Comments on: Oversmart section 8 tenant https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/oversmart-section-8-tenant Sat, 16 Oct 2021 17:50:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 By: Rosnne https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/oversmart-section-8-tenant#comment-43470 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:09:58 +0000 http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/blog/landlord/?p=145#comment-43470 I feel your pain, I have a similar situation, not section 8, but I helped a person who gave me
a sob story, and gave him a break on the rent. I reccomend that you do get a lawyer, I finally
had to. It will give you piece of mind. You can email me at romariani59@yahoo.com if you wish.
I just retained a lawyer after 3 monthes. When the 5 day eviction notice was posted, My tennent
procceced to threaten me via text. best of luck

]]> By: Landlord https://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/tenant-rights/oversmart-section-8-tenant#comment-43469 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:55:43 +0000 http://www.rentalprotectionagency.com/blog/landlord/?p=145#comment-43469 Oh boy! Another section 8 horror story. I’ve never actually rented to a tenant that gets assistance from the housing authority. I have weighed out the options and just felt that it was better for me to find a tenant that could afford the unit. Its not to say that I would turn down a section 8 tenant if they were fully approved and passed my credit requirements, but I haven’t found one that has.

I suggest you contact an attorney. Nothing else, you can get some advice on what to expect. The problem may be due to you accepting a partial payment. If you accepted the payment from the housing authority and are still waiting for the remaining partial payment from the tenant, you may be in the wrong for evicting the tenant. The housing authority may be representing your tenant because you are evicting her/him even after accepting the payment from them. Is she really living for free or is there a small portion that is still owed? Seems like in most cases section 8 tenant only pay a couple hundred dollars towards the rent. Have you accounted for the money you already accepted?

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