Section 8 woes

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Hey BP folks, have a Sect. 8 issue and wondering how you would proceed. Ill try to keep it short.

I have 1 sect 8 tenant(never again) that I'm having an issue with. A few months ago she sent me a picture of what looked like grease flowing out of the stove and all over the kitchen floor. Claims she didn't spill anything and that the stove is "leaking" on its own. I ignored the stupidity of course. A couple days later she calls complaining the oven isn't working. Imagine that. Hot surface ignitors don't mix well with grease.

The home was rented with no appliances included, and the lease backs that. However being the nice guy, I had an old stove in storage that I needed to get rid of. So they got a free stove that worked perfectly. This was the only appliance present at lease signing and made clear it was not "included" It was also present during final sect 8 inpection. The inspector noted that the stove was there(apparently)

I told the tenant to repair or replace herself and reccomended a local appliance company. Fast forward a couple months. The tenant called sect 8 to complain and they determined it was inoperable. They have now ceased any further payments until its repaired. Claiming its included in the lease(which it isn't) They also did an annual inspection while they were there and noted a damaged electrical outlet, inoperable smoke detector(which tenants are responsible for) and a few other things. The tenant also has a past due water bill of 130 bucks. Shell pay it "when she pleases" is her response. lol

Tenant still refuses to repair stove, and I know they will refuse to buy a 10 yr 9v to remedy the smoke detector. There may be other issues they are responsible for like the damaged outlet, etc. I really don't want a vacancy right now, so I'm thinking of repairing these issues and deducting the costs from their security deposit. I wont be renewing the year lease and booting them out at a more favorable time next year. However if they don't pay the water bill they will be getting evicted regardless anyway.

Repair, deduct from security and get another 8 ish months out of them? Or get rid of the headache, nip it the bud and evict for water/non-payment?