section 8 non paying tenant

[Lisa Martin]

Section 8 tenant in Tennessee is behind on rent.  I purchased the property with her lease in place 6 months ago.  Section 8 is supposed to pay about half of her rent.  I'm trying to get used to the timing of when the different payments come in.  Now I'm not getting paid!   My property manager isn't providing information about if the housing authority will catch up her rent or what is going on.  I would have fired them but we are in the thick of this now.  I think there might be paperwork to get her more assistance but I have no idea and the total past due keeps climbing !  $4112.50 behind so far.   What do I do?  I need to recover these losses.  Evict now?   Or is there something I'm missing from the complicated section 8 process. 

Here is what propertyware software tells me: 

lease dates 3/1/23-2/29/24 ,  rent amount $1325 ,  last payment 12/21/23 ,   $4112.50 past due

FED FILED - Active

03/01/2023

02/29/2024

$1,325.00

12/21/2023

$4,112.50

[James Wise]

Quote from @Lisa Martin:

Section 8 tenant in Tennessee is behind on rent.  I purchased the property with her lease in place 6 months ago.  Section 8 is supposed to pay about half of her rent.  I'm trying to get used to the timing of when the different payments come in.  Now I'm not getting paid!   My property manager isn't providing information about if the housing authority will catch up her rent or what is going on.  I would have fired them but we are in the thick of this now.  I think there might be paperwork to get her more assistance but I have no idea and the total past due keeps climbing !  $4112.50 behind so far.   What do I do?  I need to recover these losses.  Evict now?   Or is there something I'm missing from the complicated section 8 process. 

Here is what propertyware software tells me: 

lease dates 3/1/23-2/29/24 ,  rent amount $1325 ,  last payment 12/21/23 ,   $4112.50 past due

FED FILED - Active

03/01/2023

02/29/2024

$1,325.00

12/21/2023

$4,112.50

 You need to tell the housing authority to stop paying their portion and then evict the tenant for not paying her portion. If you are wondering the reason why you need to tell the housing authority to stop paying their portion, it's because you won't be able to evict a tenant for non payment if you accepted partial payment.