http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/housing_authority_sent_to_the_doghouse On Tuesday, June 10, a federal court order fortified the rights of tenants whose federal housing vouchers are terminated by the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA). Under new rules, SHA hearing examiners must consider special circumstances such as disabilities; the examiners must have legal training (none was required before); and the examiners will be appointed in with input from tenants. “The Seattle Housing Authority was terminating tenants on the basis of very problematic and illegal reasons,” says Tenants Union organizer Emily Paddison. For example, she says, a tenant could lose a voucher for having too many people in his home even... Copyright 2008 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:48:39 -0800 Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:17:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss They seriously have a union for "low income renters"?
Talk about expanding upon the sense of entitlement already oozing from american labor unions.

]]> john cocktosin http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/housing_authority_sent_to_the_doghouse#c1050598 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/housing_authority_sent_to_the_doghouse#c1050598 City Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:13:37 -0800 nobody can say bad things about unions john. Get in line or pay the price.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/housing_authority_sent_to_the_doghouse#c1050669 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/housing_authority_sent_to_the_doghouse#c1050669 City Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:57:04 -0800 @1 WTF? The Tenants Union is not a labor union. It's an organization that provides assistance to tenants (renters).

]]> kk http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/housing_authority_sent_to_the_doghouse#c1050743 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/housing_authority_sent_to_the_doghouse#c1050743 City Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:48:12 -0800 As the settlement indicates, Section 8 hearings at SHA were problematic, but not accurately represented here is the good faith effort the housing authority has put into making significant changes to the program. The Tenants Union has been meeting with SHA over a period of months to make specific recommendations for improvements to the program, the vast majority of which have been adopted and enacted. This represents a very important model for collaboration between public housing authorities and the residents they serve, most particularly Section 8 voucher tenants.

]]> Emily Paddison http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/housing_authority_sent_to_the_doghouse#c1056655 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/06/housing_authority_sent_to_the_doghouse#c1056655 City Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:17:20 -0800