Facts: The brother of a Section 8 resident often visited the resident’s unit and babysat her children. In October 2011, the police investigated the brother after a confidential informant told officers that the brother kept a black .380 caliber firearm in the resident...
Facts: When a resident lived in another county, the local PHA approved her reasonable accommodation request for a live-in aide. The PHA found that the resident has a permanent cognitive disorder and “needs 24 hours a day care to function normally.” The resident...
Facts: In June 2011, a resident signed a one-year lease to rent a unit. The resident was initially approved for rental assistance that reduced her rent to $199 per month. She paid that amount until her next certification in January 2012, when her subsidy was increased to an...
Facts: In the summer of 2012, a resident began to engage in bizarre and, at times, alarming behavior with fellow residents at the site. One resident, who considered the troubled resident a friend and expressed her concern for his well-being, complained that he repeatedly showed...
Facts: An owner’s site has had a history of “unsatisfactory” HUD audit reviews since 2005, and in 2009 and 2010 HUD refused to pay more than $700,000 in subsidies due to the site’s violations of HUD regulations. To satisfy HUD, the owner hired a HUD-...
Facts: A local PHA claimed that a resident violated his lease by using marijuana. One of the site’s security officers testified at the eviction evidentiary hearing that he smelled marijuana coming from the resident’s unit during his routine patrol of the building....
Facts: A resident with diabetes lives in a Section 8 building. The lease expressly prohibits dogs or cats as pets. At some point while living in her unit, the resident got a dog. The owner allowed the resident to keep the dog as an accommodation for unspecified reasons. In July...
Facts: A resident was convicted of second-degree theft. The resident’s crime involved misappropriating “Resident Participation Funds,” which were to be used “to generate programs for the residents within the community to gain either employment or anything...
Facts: The sole source of income of a resident of a project-based Section 8 site is public assistance from social services. Her share of the rent amounted to $312 per month as of her last recertification on March 1, 2012.
Facts: The local PHA initiated termination proceedings against a resident with five children, two of whom are minors. Police had recovered from the unit a significant amount of marijuana, a bottle of oxycodone pills, and a loaded and operable firearm. The resident wasn’t...
Facts: A disabled resident had been living at a site managed by the local PHA for over 20 years. Her 25-year-old grandson resided with her for years. And the lease agreement stated that the resident agreed: “[n]ot to destroy, deface, damage, or remove any part of the...
Facts: After a Section 8 resident became delinquent in her payment of rent and after the owner made demands for payment, the resident notified the owner of complaints she had regarding the unit. County Housing intervened in the dispute, and the owner and resident signed a mutual...
