Section 8 Tenant not paying rent after I purchased the property

[Noyessie Hubert]

I bought a 4-unit property in August ( 2 months ago ), it was my first property, and I inherited a section 8 tenant. The previous owner did not give me documentation on the current tenants. Just the phone number and current rent amount.

I purchased the property on August 16 and introduced myself on September 20th. So she did not pay rent for September ( she was supposed to pay it to the previous owner and the owner was supposed to send it to me, but the previous owner received nothing and she agreed nothing was sent ).

Now she needs to send my information to her case worker to update the rent payment address and everything. However, the caseworker is not reachable for weeks now. There we are in October and still nothing. I don't know what to do there:

- What information should I ask a section 8 tenant?

- What should I do to get the rent paid, including past rent?

- Any other advice to manage section 8 tenants?

Thanks.