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    Default Section 8 Housing Benefit is at Risk Due to Report by Ex's Family

    My question involves criminal law for the state of:
    I am in California

    I didn't really know where to post this.
    There is a ton of background, I could write a novel, but I will try to get to the point.

    My ex and his ex wife are beginning a custody battle. They have had a 50/50 split of their son since I've known them.

    My ex, mick and I were together a couple of years before separating. I got on section 8. He and share a daughter. I've been on section 8 almost two years. Mick had his own place, where I would meet him occasionally to see his daughter in 2011. At the end of 2011, he informed both myself and his ex wife he'd be moving to a sober living for 6 months. He spent the first 90 days without any contact, then began earning passes to leave for the day on Saturdays. His ex fought him. I let him come up and visit on Christmas. He then prearranged to come up and visit every sat. In January. He finally got his ex to agree and his son came to visit at my house. They spent the night one Saturday in jan 2012. The last saturday in jan, his ex had Mick served with mediation papers, which he signed for. She had him served at MY house.

    Mick got out of the sober living in march of 2012. I let him stay with me a week, to help him out. Then I told him to find a job and his own place.(I'm on section 8.) He was devastated, thinking I would want to get back together after he went to a sober living and he cleaned up. EDIT:APPARENTLY, THIS IS HOW MY EX'S EX FOUND OUT I WAS ON SECTION 8, Mick cried to his ex over me not wanting him and leaving him destitute. He floated with friends for a few weeks, then moved right down the street. This was in April of 2012. He lives four streets over. I've spend these last 8 months or so with my own problems. Mick broke into my house in June 2012 when he relapsed, he came over on so many drugs I called 911 for medical help. But he been around, there were months (when he was clean) he would come to see his daughter everyday, he lives right there. All my neighbors know him. He has watched my daughter several times at my residence while i was at work. Ive let him do laundry at my house. We all went to his parents house for thanksgiving, i am very close with them. I didn't want our daughter a his house with his pot smoking roommates and he never asked to take her. Mick hasn't seen his son since feb/march 2012. He's lived in the same place for 9 months. I remain open for our daughter.

    Cut to yesterday. Micks ex wife's mother comes to my home last night to serve him papers. They haven't seen him in 9 months. She says she thought he lived with me. I told her no, he lives with a roommate, who was a mutual friend during her daughters/micks marriage. She freaks out. Tells me they thought he lived with me since aug of 2011. And they notified section 8. He was in sober living from nov 2011- march 2012. And has lived in the same place down the street since. He has a lease. She says she didnt know. He just lies about everything. She starts claiming she has seen Mick outside in the past 5 weeks, going to my back door. Which I let slide. I tell her, "yes, I let him visit with my daughter here." She starts sobbing, talking to me for an hour about how horrible mick is. They are doing anything to get his son from him. All kinds of crazy. She apologized, and said she was sorry to me. She hadnt known what was going on between us. She would let the court know he doesn't live there. And section 8. I tell her over and over please do not involve me.

    This family has had a long history of doing stuff like this. I told them I wanted to stay out of their stuff. I have my own problems. I have my own problems with mick. I don't tell her a ton, but I'm worried about section 8. I got in touch with Mick. I read through the exs deposition this morning and over and over it states Mick lives with me (my name) at my address. It looks hideous. I'm sure with these bold claims there will be an investigation. But they also say they haven't seen Mick in 9 months in the deposition. They are dragging me into something ugly and untrue to get Mick in trouble, as they are oddly going for sole custody. What about me? Mick doesn't care.

    Should I take defensive action? Is there anything I should do? I am really upset.

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    Default Re: Section 8 Housing Benefit is at Risk Due to Report by Ex's Family

    They reported to the housing authority that they believed your ex- lives with you. You state that he does not, and that he is on a lease to an apartment four blocks away. So if the report is investigated, you can ask your ex- to show them a copy of his lease and, if he's willing, perhaps even to take them on a tour of his actual residence so that they can see that's where he lives and keeps his stuff.

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    Default Re: Section 8 Housing Benefit is at Risk Due to Report by Ex's Family

    Thank you for your response.

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    Default Re: Section 8 Housing Benefit is at Risk Due to Report by Ex's Family

    Further, allowing drug addicts to frequent your home can cause a breach of your section 8 contract.

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