Can you evict when housing does not make payments?

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2 years 2 days ago #636196 by Ashley Blair
Where are my housing peeps at?!?
Help me understand!
If you have a resident who is “housing” and find that housing has not made a payment on the account, nor the resident. Essentially you have not received any payments for this resident…
Can you evict when housing does not make payments?
Never worked with housing so any helpful insight would be greatly appreciated!
Might I add, these communities are in DC….
2 years 2 days ago #636196 by Ashley Blair
Lynne Gage
2 years 2 days ago #636198 by Lynne Gage
Most likely the resident did not do their annual recertification with the housing authority.
2 years 2 days ago #636198 by Lynne Gage
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2 years 2 days ago #636199 by Megan Goodmundson
Why move straight to eviction ? Ask your resident to reach out to the voucher worker and also contact the housing agency by ourself to find out why no payments have been made. Message me if you need any advice or have any questions
2 years 2 days ago #636199 by Megan Goodmundson
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2 years 2 days ago #636200 by Ashley Blair
Megan Goodmundson Trust me! I avoid eviction at all cost but we are talking a year with no payments.
2 years 2 days ago #636200 by Ashley Blair
Lee Tifani
2 years 2 days ago #636201 by Lee Tifani
I’ve never really had a subsidy provider just miss a payment. Have you reached out to them? Have they ended their assistance? Something may be going on. If resident misses their payment, you’re allowed to evict just like any other resident.
2 years 2 days ago #636201 by Lee Tifani
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2 years 2 days ago #636202 by Ashley Blair
Lee Tifani That’s what I have been most confused about. I’ll have to take the next steps and make contact to get the clarification.
2 years 2 days ago #636202 by Ashley Blair
Lee Tifani
2 years 2 days ago #636203 by Lee Tifani
Lauren Scruggs have you physically seen the resident? They could be not living there anymore. A skip out would explain the no payments
2 years 2 days ago #636203 by Lee Tifani
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2 years 2 days ago #636204 by Megan Goodmundson
Lauren Scruggs you should ask both the resident and the housing agency for the most recent hap rent portions letter. This will tell you what is the resident rent portion. What is the hap portion and what is the effective date. So you can make sure your charges match correctly
2 years 2 days ago #636204 by Megan Goodmundson
Melissa Block
2 years 2 days ago #636205 by Melissa Block
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Lee Tifani agree, usually if you have a contract from day one of the lease you will eventually get the payments might be a paperwork slow up, needing a copy of the lease or something but never have I seen housing not pay if contract was executed.
2 years 2 days ago #636205 by Melissa Block
Jerry Davis
2 years 2 days ago #636206 by Jerry Davis
in NY, NJ & De, 90 Days on the housing payment, after 90 days you can seek double if it's Hud or Sec 8 housing for the total amount missed( if it was their fault ( sometimes the resident is at fault due to them not following through with their part of the paperwork), but the resident is still responsible for his/her portion and after the 5th you can charge a late fee on his portion per housing
2 years 2 days ago #636206 by Jerry Davis
Mirrion Arlett
2 years 2 days ago #636207 by Mirrion Arlett
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You would need to find out if there is an error with their move in file and determine why the subsidy portion isn't being paid. However, when the resident isn't paying their portion you can file them.
2 years 2 days ago #636207 by Mirrion Arlett
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2 years 2 days ago #636208 by James Shannon
You can notify housing and typically they can either remove the resident from the program or reassess them to see if housing needs to pay the full rent amount
2 years 2 days ago #636208 by James Shannon
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2 years 2 days ago #636209 by Ashley Blair
James Shannon It appears this community has had failed attempts for almost a year…what’s the next option if we can’t get housing to make payment?
2 years 2 days ago #636209 by Ashley Blair
Tasha Tasha
2 years 2 days ago #636210 by Tasha Tasha
Unless the tenant did something wrong, no judge in DC will allow you to evict.
Which agency are you missing payments from?
2 years 2 days ago #636210 by Tasha Tasha
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2 years 2 days ago #636211 by Ashley Blair
Tasha Tasha Is non payment of rent considered “something wrong”?
2 years 2 days ago #636211 by Ashley Blair
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2 years 2 days ago #636212 by Ashley Blair
Tasha Tasha My understanding has always been non-payment of rent is the easiest breach of contract to evict on. Is it different in DC?
2 years 2 days ago #636212 by Ashley Blair
Tasha Tahsa
2 years 2 days ago #636213 by Tasha Tahsa
Lauren Scruggs if they’re paying their portion, you’ll have a difficult time. If they were terminated for some reason and haven’t been paying and the agency will never pay, you’ll have better luck.
2 years 2 days ago #636213 by Tasha Tahsa
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2 years 2 days ago #636214 by James Shannon
I believe it jurisdiction specific. But in Fulton county (atlanta, GA) we could file an eviction if the resident didn’t pay their portion.
2 years 2 days ago #636214 by James Shannon
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2 years 2 days ago #636215 by Ashley Blair
James Shannon Everything I have read shows that we are within our rights to evict on “market rent” portion of rent, but I have not seen anything on when housing does not make payments.
2 years 2 days ago #636215 by Ashley Blair
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2 years 2 days ago #636216 by James Shannon
There is a HAP contract and you can not evict if HAP has not made their payment. You can evict if the resident has not made their payment. You need to reach out to the housing authority and see what happened likely they will correct and send it on next month’s payment.
2 years 2 days ago #636216 by James Shannon
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1 year 11 months ago #636270 by Bobby Jo CARRILLO TORRES
Always be sure your lease is for the full amount. The tenant is ultimately reaponsible. Once you issue a notice of non payment, they wil usually get right on whatever they are missing with their housing caseworker. If not, they usually can find another agency in town to help with rent ans if that doesnt work, unfortunately FED.
1 year 11 months ago #636270 by Bobby Jo CARRILLO TORRES
Anonymous
1 year 11 months ago #636284 by Anonymous
Sometimes the tenant has to make a payment first, like with SER in Michigan.
1 year 11 months ago #636284 by Anonymous
Mary Alice Clark
1 year 11 months ago #636300 by Mary Alice Clark
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correct
1 year 11 months ago #636300 by Mary Alice Clark