About Section 8

[Hansen Sin]

Please help me,

I have  1 tenant who is section 8 in my property which is located at Hayward, CA. 

And I got a notice from City Hall showing that she violated two sections. And I already took action but she didn't cooperate with me. What should I do for it since City Hall will charge the owner for fail in reinspection?

And what can I do if I want to terminate the lease with her since this reason?

Thank you!

[Blair Poelman]

Originally posted by @Hansen Sin:

And I got a notice from City Hall showing that she violated two sections. And I already took action but she didn't cooperate with me. What should I do for it since City Hall will charge the owner for fail in reinspection?

You are responsible for the property passing inspection, not the tenant.  If it fails because of a condition of the Real Property, they won't blame the tenant - that's on you my friend.  The tenant can violate their entitlement agreement (or whatever it's called) for personal reasons - like getting behind on child support, drug use, or having a guest who is a convicted felon on the property, but if the actual property does not pass - even if it fails because of a condition the tenant caused, my experience has been that it's going to fall on the homeowner. 

Every sec8 tenant has a case worker.  When the tenant moved in and signed the lease you should have received a fairly large packet that has the case worker's name all over it.  You need to call that specific case worker, maybe go in and meet with him/her, and work with the case worker to figure this out.   

I've had some rough go's with sec8, I've had some go very bad very fast.  

While Sec8 is a federal program and there are many federal standards that will apply to every sec8 tenant, however each individual Housing Authority runs the program their own unique way - so nobody here is going to be able to tell you exactly how to deal with the specifics.  You really need to get with the case worker immediately as they are probably the only person that can help you navigate through this correctly and efficiently.