The Dallas Housing Authority administers
a federal program called Section eight,
designed to help low income families live
in better quality apartments under
Section eight. The government subsidizes
the tenants rent with federal funds,
but officials are presently investigating
possible abuse of the Section eight
program at the Stevens Forest apartment
complex in Oak Cliff.
According to reports received at the
office, tenants who died or moved
away from the apartment complex have not
been removed from the tenant roster, and
the apartment owners are allegedly still
collecting the federal rent subsidy of
those former renters.
The problem with my sister is she left
Dallas and went to Houston to live with
another sister.
And she
lanphier what she moved out of her
apartment around me,
and I know for a fact Steven Farber's
did get the rent from the government
on her apartment in November.
In addition, some tenants are allegedly
being charged more than their monthly
government rental contracts stipulate,
one of those people is Mary Henderson,
who was paying full price for a two
hundred thirty dollars a month apartment
when she became eligible for the Section
eight program.
According to Mrs. Henderson, the
apartment manager told her that
arrangements were made with the
government to lease her a one hundred
ninety one dollars a month apartment.
But she could remain in her present more
expensive apartment if she'd only make up
the difference for a year.
Mrs. Henderson paid one hundred and three
dollars to live in an apartment that cost
sixty four dollars, according to her
government contract.
Dallas Housing Authority officials
reportedly heard of these problems with
Section eight just two weeks ago.
But Mrs. Henderson says she and her
neighbors complained to employees
about the price inconsistencies last
summer. They were told that they had to
live up to any verbal agreements that
they made with the apartment management.
The apartment managers at Steven Forbes
were contacted, but they declined an
interview.
Information about possible Section eight
abuse is being collected by federal
officials and, if proven, could result in
federal fraud charges that count
The Texas News.