Section 8 After Voucher Is Filled Out

[Tariq B.]

Ok, ladies and gents. So I decided with this rental to try out section 8 for the first time. So I had a family swing by yesterday and they wanted it on the spot. So they handed me this voucher to fill out which I had never seen before. I filled it out to the best of my ability and she said she would turn it in yesterday or today. I called her up after the viewing to add a lead inspection # on there since I didn't have it at the time but no response. I have this feeling that I am going to get blown off and her neglect to inform me that she has had a change of mind. My question is. After someone has a landlord fill out their voucher are they able to go to another place and have another landlord sign another or what? I'm probably over thinking things but I just don't want to be blown off and find out days later when I could be moving forward with someone else. Thank you

[Nancy Curran]

Oh sure she can definitely blow you off. But you can blow her off too...nothing is set until a lease is signed. Section 8 is no picnic though. They have to come inspect your apartment and the inspectors call you out on EVERYTHING. Once, I had an inspector pull out the fridge, and saw the outlet had a little crack in the outlet over and wrote me up. And every single outlet has to work. Nothing they do is illegal but it's just a pain in the dupa. I don't mind fixing things, but they won't approve your apartment until everything is perfect. So while you are fixing things you didn't even know were wrong, your apartment sits empty. I'd rather just go to the market and let people move in and if they see something wrong, I fix it without having to go through this extreme inspection period. Oh and the inspectors think they are the cable company and come between 10-2 or 2-5. So you are sitting in an empty apartment waiting. No, thank you. Buh Bye Section 8.