So section 8 inspections are really picky here, wondering if there is a "fail" , does the person lose their payment? Actually I would like to be rid of her as she is a major PITA. I suspect only minor problems in her unit,.but what if I don't fix them? --96.236.xxx.xxx

In my area, I don't get paid but resident continues to live in the house. So fix. And end or exit contract first available time. But not for this reason. --172.59.xxx.xx

Not fixing is not an option. For me, failures have been mostly small things like leaks and paint flakes. I did repairs quickly and never missed a payment. --107.141.xx.xxx

To answer your question... No the person doesn't looSe there voucher. You will be given a time period to fix all and they reinspect and pass or fail. But the person doesn't looSe their couch. You may not get paid until it's fixed and they will continue to live there and you'll get paid back rent if any if any rent is withheld unless you don't fix them you won't get paid even if they move. --172.59.xxx.xxx

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Carol, as she is a pain, can you simply non renew rather than not correcting possible minor problems in your unit as a way to try and be rid of her? --12.196.xxx.xxx

There are a few levels of failure, for example if you have missing smoke detector or battery you lose payment instantly, a damaged electrical cover instant payment drop - but in these scenarios the tenant does not go away - only the payment for a passing house, you don't want to do this, it could take a month before a re-inspection and the month following the passing inspection you will resume payments, you never recover for lost payments. you need to follow your state and local laws on cancelling the contract if that is what you wish to do, a lot of plaeces you issue a 30- 45 or 60 day notice of termination. A duplicate notice goes into sec8 office as to tenant - they need time to find anotherunit which will pas the HQS inspection, most HUD office websites have the HQS inspection guidelines, housing quality standards, in my area it is a 36 page inspection, if your place can not pass this you need to make repairs, it is that simple, no rippled flooring or floor coverings, every room must have a light and outlets must be wired correctly especially kitchen and bathrooms GFCI for countertops and or within 6 ft of water, once you go thru the list you will say - oh this is all common sense stuff, howevr if a tenant breaks things then you need to charge for repairs in the next rent cycle - if you wait till moveout time there may not be enough deposit to cover damaged items, here we read this often, don't get stuck on that part of the funds closed sign, best to return a full deposit by billimg for damage when it is damaged. --184.59.xxx.xx

Fix to minimum standards where no loose paint, missing or loose tiles or missing receptacle covers. Then when contact expires increase rent so government can decide if the tenant will move to lower cost rental unit. The colour of paint does not have to match or tiles have match as long minimum standards are meet. In the end the rental unit can be slum but still pass minimum standards. No holes in wall or loose plaster witch is easy fix with durabond than touch up paint. Then when tenant is out can rent for market rent along avoid government. Cosmetic issues is not considered a building code violation. Get a copy or download building codes from town or city hall. When ever was dealing with governments they had to find some fault to show they inspected the rental unit. If utilities are included then consider switching out to where tenants control and pay for utilities. Consider contacting a landlords association where google to find or go into website to find a landlords association. Right now vacant rental unit are difficult to find where can bring up rent to market if major renovations are required. Population increase where housing is not increasing. --207.236.xxx.xxx

These used to be called safety inspections, but I am told they are now referred to quality inspections now --24.101.xxx.xxx

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Reminds me of why I avoid section 8. --209.122.xx.xxx

Make the HA responsible for collecting the tenant's share of the rent while sending the full rent directly to the LL. --172.58.xxx.xx

Now, if it's something such as "bathroom needs an exhaust fan" but it's a half bath (as an example) or even a full bath but has a window... it doesn't NEED an exhaust... that's up to you to do it if you want. The inspector is being a difficult and should know that it isn't needed. --69.201.xx.xxx

@Carol - don't renew the contract, but fix the issues. One of my units recently failed an inspection because I didn't have a smoke detector outside the bedroom door and the gas furnance didn't work. Tenant admitted he never uses the furnance, so the pilot light was not on. --72.223.xx.xxx