Government Program tenants stopped paying water

[Ian K.]

Not sure how to handle this situation...

We bought a house where the tenants are on a government program that pays their rent.  They pay their rent for a certain period of time..the tenants must work..and can choose to stay/leave after the program stops paying the rent.

I just checked with the water company and there is a 600$ past due bill.  It is about to be shut off.  It hasn't been paid since October (about the time we bought it).

I called the program and they said the tenants were paying it before..then the case manager said they shouldn't have been paying it b/c it's a duplex and they can't tell whos using what.

I really don't know how to handle this as the water is about to be shut off.