Resident Rights & Responsibilities
"Residents of HUD-assisted housing are our partners and partners in their communities. HUD regulations give residents the right to press for improved conditions by organizing independent resident associations. These associations encourage residents to become involved in the decisions that affect their homes without harassment or retaliation by property owners or management."
--Secretary of HUD
You, as a resident (tenant), have rights and responsibilities that help make your HUD-assisted housing a better home for you and your family. This brochure is being distributed to you because the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, which has ultimate jurisdiction over the project in which you live briefly lists some of your most important rights and responsibilities to help you get the most out of your HOME (HIVe)...
Bad Landlords in Federal Housing
Complaints:
Hundreds of landlords have been
fined and/or debarred from doing business with the federal government as a
result of failing to provide safe and decent housing for the poor, while
enriching themselves on taxpayer-funded
subsidies.
Tenants have been forced to live in terrible housing, and neighborhoods have suffered from housing eyesores. HUD calls this a double crime-one against tenants as well as taxpayers.
Tenants have been forced to live in terrible housing, and neighborhoods have suffered from housing eyesores. HUD calls this a double crime-one against tenants as well as taxpayers.
When it comes to living in a world with HIV, realizing how misconstrued understandings and assumptions impact our thoughts and actions is critical to all of our well being. Myths about living with HIV and the transmission of the virus are the foundation of stigma. With no origin in factual information, these myths breed ignorance, instill fear, form bias and ultimately source new infections. Repairing the damage caused by stigma and producing a society that is inclusive of all people, regardless of status, is crucial to prevention efforts and "quality of life" post-diagnoses.
The same can be said about living in Federally Funded Assisted Housing! Myths, misconceptions, stigma, prejudice and discrimination strongly and negatively affect the availability, supply, management and regulation enforcement crucial to Affordable, decent, safe and sanitary HOUSING that is free from environmental hazards where repairs are performed in a timely manner, upon request, with a QUALITY maintenance program run by management that also respects and upholds their Customers (tenants) Human and Civil Rights!?
Do you live in Sct 8 Voucher or Project-based Assisted Rental Housing through HUD and your Landlord, Housing Authority or Property Manager does a lousy job with maintenance, upkeep or customer service!? Report them without fear of retaliation or losing your housing by calling Melissa or Staci at Kentucky Housing Corporation in Frankfort: 877-552-7368 Stacie M. Sutton, Director - ext. 772 - Melissa Corbett, COS, Compliance Specialist Manager – ext. 739 linkLEGAL NOTICE - CITY OF COVINGTON
SECTION 8 HOUSING CHOICE VOUCHER PROGRAM
SUSPENSION OF APPLICATIONS
Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher
The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is a federal rent subsidy program sponsored by HUD. Its purpose is to assist eligible elderly, or disabled or very-low income households secure decent, safe and sanitary housing in Kenton County. All rental units used for this program are inspected to insure that they meet Housing Quality Standards set forth by HUD. Qualified families pay 30% of their gross income for rent and utilities. The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program pays the remainder of the total contract rent to the landlord with money allocated from the Federal Government.
The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program is a federal rent subsidy program sponsored by HUD. Its purpose is to assist eligible elderly, or disabled or very-low income households secure decent, safe and sanitary housing in Kenton County. All rental units used for this program are inspected to insure that they meet Housing Quality Standards set forth by HUD. Qualified families pay 30% of their gross income for rent and utilities. The Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program pays the remainder of the total contract rent to the landlord with money allocated from the Federal Government.
According to Kentucky Housing Corporation; there are approximately 2,240 Residential Housing units in Covington.
Until the baseline resident of Covington either has an increase in income from the Federal Government or moves out of town, the rental market has a fixed price for basic apartments. Making it more expensive to operate them wont get them fixed up, it will just get them boarded up."
So, there's NO market for Affordable, decent, safe and sanitary HOUSING that is free from environmental hazards where repairs are performed in a timely manner, upon request, with a QUALITY maintenance program run by management that also respects and upholds their Customers (tenants) Human and Civil Rights!? BULLSHIT! This issue has less to do with "Outside Appearance" and everything to do with "Inner Substance". This is like arguing against Restaurant Health Inspections because it increases the cost of doing "BUSINESS". The "gap" between income and the cost of housing for very low income households has been an issue for the past 30 years as housing and utility costs have escalated. Now more people are falling into this housing gap -from very low-to moderate income earners. Without access to affordable housing with responsible, ethical owners/management, many individuals and families find themselves without a safe place to live. The DEMAND and Market is strong, but the Supply is controlled by Greed and Indifference. This argument is just another way to write off the 47% as expendable and undesirable for Covington's future...
Who owns those 2,240 Units receiving those taxpayer dollars and what are WE the People getting in return!? Housing Authority of Covington has 963 Units in site-based/Projects, City of Covington Tenant-Based Section 8 Vouchers are 1,169 Units. Other Site-Based Assisted Projects in Covington include Cambridge Square Apartments -199, The Colony -136, Bismarck Apartments -48, Hathaway Court -124, Germantown Apartments -10..
KHC's Project-Based Rental Administration (PBRA) Program provides rental assistance for very low- and low-income residents living in certain apartment complexes throughout Kentucky. The subsidy is tied to specific complexes and paid directly to the owner on behalf of the resident, thereby lowering the portion of rent for which the resident is responsible.
Anyone renting a subsidized unit must meet income and program guidelines set by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the property owner. The rental subsidy does not follow the resident from property to property.
As the contract administrator for HUD, KHC staff works to ensure that the property owners, management agencies and residents adhere to the requirements of the program. KHC staff performs annual on-site visits of each property, desk reviews and handles resident concerns and questions.
KHC also assists property owners with renewing their federal Housing Assistance Payments (HAP) contracts, along with adjusting rents and reviewing utility allowances. HAP contracts are renewed to help ensure the continued availability of affordable housing in Kentucky.
Property owners must develop and make public written resident selection policies and procedures that include descriptions of the eligibility requirements and income limits for admission. The managers of these participating apartment complexes will accept applications from those needing rental assistance. All applicants must meet the eligibility requirements outlined in the owner’s resident selection plan. HUD requires these plans to be made available to the public. Individuals listed on the state lifetime sex offender registry are excluded from program participation.To apply for a Project-Based Rental Assistance apartment, please contact the property directly. The application process will be handled by the on-site property manager.
http://www.southbankhive.com"Home is not a place; it is an attitude. It is an attitude which depends on how much we are able to feel at home with ourselves as well as with others. Home is something which happens to a person; homecoming has less to do with geography than it has to do with a sense of personal integrity or inner wholeness.
The most important of all endeavors in life is to come home. The most terrifying of fears is loneliness. It means that one has become a stranger to himself, and consequently, to others. To be lonely is to feel fear, to be forever unsettled, never at rest, in need of more reassurance than life can give.
Someone truly loves us when he brings us home; when he makes us comfortable with ourselves, when he takes from us the strangeness we feel at being who we are. We are loved when we no longer are frightened with ourselves."
The South Bank HIVe Proudly extends an Invitation to
join our grass-roots, CommUNITY-Based Network of people to
demonstrate that speaking up about HIV and Aids is a point of pride, not a
source of shame. –Our strength comes from the members we represent and the
alliances we build with other progressive groups, individuals and organizations.
We will approach our work by representing the interests of our members and will
not engage in back room politics or power brokering that compromises these
principles.
The South Bank HIVe adheres to the following
principles: The politics of inclusion – We will have equal
concern for oppression, stigma, discrimination and fear faced by all
disenfranchised people, with a special emphasis on the working poor and those on
a low fixed income. We believe that our work must focus on building a broad
base of support for “Quality of Life” issues of social justice that includes,
but is not limited to, issues important to our HIV community. This means that
long term change is of greater significance than any single issue, campaign, or
candidate and our educational and political efforts will reflect that priority.
We will treat all members of our HIV community and Network with the same dignity
and respect.
"Stigma is a degrading and debasing attitude of the society that
discredits a person or a group because of an attribute (such as an illness,
deformity, color, nationality, religion etc.) ...Stigma destroys a person’s dignity; marginalizes
affected individuals; violates basic human rights; markedly diminishes the
chances of a stigmatized person of achieving full potential; and seriously
hampers pursuit of happiness and contentment.
POVERTY: the most stigmatized attribute...
EVERYDAY IS WORLD HIV DAY!
Living With HIV IS Not Dying of AIDS; Many people
living with HIV in America today face a unique set of structural and lifestyle
challenges, including, but not limited to: poverty, hunger, under- or
unemployment, illiteracy, racism, discrimination, immigration issues,
homelessness, stigma, previous or current incarceration, sexual or domestic
violence, homophobia, substance use, criminalization, addiction, and childcare
and mental health issues. Much of what we have learned about fighting HIV has to
be reconsidered in light of who is contracting the virus today and why...
Michael W. Connett,
Grantor/Trustee
315 W 7th Street - Suite #2 * Covington, KY 41011
mconnett@fuse.net
* 859-261-4481
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This story is
about my most important endeavor in life. To experience that greatest love of
all; to truly love myself, to shed the strangeness I feel at being who I am and
to no longer be frightened with myself. This is my attempt to finally get myself
home before I die...
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