my neighbor has thought that she was on the waiting list for section 8 the housing help for 5 years. everytime she calles them they tell her that shes still on the list. today she found out that she was never on the list that they had no record of her turning an application in. now what can she do? she has been waiting five years. how can she get help now and what steps can she take to show how badly they have screwed her over.
2006-09-13 10:02:58 · 13 answers · asked by sagittarius_love 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Did she make a copy of her application? Does she have the name of the caseworker that she turned it in to? Names of anyone that she talked to? She's got to be able to back this up somehow.
2006-09-13 10:09:06 · answer #1 · answered by mightymite1957 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I hate to be insensitive but...
It has been five years. Has she even tried to get her life together so she doesn't need section 8? Section 8 is a temporary housing assistance. If she had applied and gotten it 5 years ago would she still be living there? How has she been getting by since she first applied?
This story just doesn't seem right. Can you give more information? Is she disabled?
2006-09-13 10:15:22 · answer #2 · answered by Teresa V 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yep she has to have proof i don t see where they would just tottaly delete her out of the system maybe she thought she was on the waiting list? and if I can recall they don t tell you that info over the phone anyways not here at least
2006-09-13 10:13:03 · answer #3 · answered by glass_city_hustla 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You seem to have forgotten to mention that everyone gets papers to renew their application for HUD once per year..... so you may want to question your neighbor. Or I have a quaint idea - why not get a job like the rest of us instead of that "poor pitiful me" attitude....
2006-09-13 10:28:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
U can bear witness that she's waited/that she was on the List.
Go seek legal advice, they're pulling a fast 1 & really shoudn't get away with it!
2006-09-13 10:05:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
not sure, maybe better to just forget it and work on another life solution
maybe patiently write down what happened, in a page or so. Then mail it to government officials. Maybe somebody in HUD could or would help. Maybe not.
2006-09-13 10:06:45 · answer #6 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Oh my god that is horrible! She should contact a lawyer or something - I think you can fight to get section 8 just like you can fight to get SSI...
It shoudln't take more than 2 years to get it... she should have known.
2006-09-13 10:06:35 · answer #7 · answered by trash1ey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's exactly why I have never relied on Governmental hand-outs....get out there and make it work for herself, the government is not concern about one person they don't have to help.
2006-09-13 10:07:10 · answer #8 · answered by Diamond in the Rough 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
GET A JOB YOU MORON!
Look honey! Another whiny liberal that wants everyone to feed her, clothe her, and pat her on the butt and tell her everything is going to be ok...get a life loser.
2006-09-13 10:22:50 · answer #9 · answered by buffman316 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What was she doing for those five years?
2006-09-13 10:14:02 · answer #10 · answered by ~Sheila~ 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋