Questions About Property Damage

We've had some questions from an old thread about a new topic ... property damage, so I'm starting this new thread for that purpose. (If you'd like to start a new topic thread, please just send me a quick email with the topic and I'll get that started).

With regard to property damage, tenants are responsible for property damage that is beyond normal wear and tear. Certainly with some of the descriptions we've seen here (infestations and "trashing" the house) there would seem to be cause for deducting repair costs from the security deposit and even recovering dollars beyond that deposit. I'm sure DHA would provide documentation that might be helpful to owner

As to whether or not an individual would be penalized or lose his/her voucher, DHA would handle such complaints on a case-by-case basis. By all means, please report such conditions to Section 8 staff for referral to our investigations unit.