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San Francisco Corruption in Section 8 Vouchers
For eight months I have been trying to get San Francisco agencies help to enforce my Section 8 voucher but to NO avail. I have been treated like a second class citizen.
I received a voucher in April of 2002. The building I live in has a Section 8 voucher person that has been in effect for three years. Since then I have been given the run around from the Housing Authority, Human Rights Commission, District Attorney, City Attorney, Supervisors, and the Mayor's office as the owner of the Fox Plaza now refuses to let me live here on my voucher. I am a veteran, on Social Security, a senior citizen, and have AIDS. All agencies tell me too bad, get a lawyer to enforce your voucher, we don't do anything to help you. This information is all on my web site under the following link:
http://www.charlesbuntjer.com/picelatestnews_housing.htm
This web page and links is composed of over one hundred items plus all the paper work that I have done that should have been done by the lawyers that work for the city. It is a travesty. Is there anyone out there that can help people like myself or are we suppose to just drop off so the city doesn't have to put up with us?
http://www.charlesbuntjer.com/picelatestnews_housing.htm
This web page and links is composed of over one hundred items plus all the paper work that I have done that should have been done by the lawyers that work for the city. It is a travesty. Is there anyone out there that can help people like myself or are we suppose to just drop off so the city doesn't have to put up with us?
For more information:
http://www.charlesbuntjer.com/picelatestne...
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Hi,
I glanced at your site. Maybe you've already tried this, but if not, it's worth a try.
When I had trouble with an employer who didn't pay us (while taking checks from the city) I found out that the best way to deal with it was to attract media attention. I happened to find a reporter in a neighborhood paper who was very interested in the case and once she wrote about it, the Ex picked it up, researched it, and put it as a front page story because they found there was a supervisor who'd approved the grants this employer was getting, so it came back to her. We never did get the money, but got all her licenses taken away by the state.
Right now I'm trying to get Caltrans to take down the flags out here on the highway overpasses in Contra Costa - I've found that the ONLY time I get an email response is when I say - "My next email will be to the media." So far it's worked, and they've removed some flags. But there are some that aren't moving and now I'll be following through.
I glanced at your site. Maybe you've already tried this, but if not, it's worth a try.
When I had trouble with an employer who didn't pay us (while taking checks from the city) I found out that the best way to deal with it was to attract media attention. I happened to find a reporter in a neighborhood paper who was very interested in the case and once she wrote about it, the Ex picked it up, researched it, and put it as a front page story because they found there was a supervisor who'd approved the grants this employer was getting, so it came back to her. We never did get the money, but got all her licenses taken away by the state.
Right now I'm trying to get Caltrans to take down the flags out here on the highway overpasses in Contra Costa - I've found that the ONLY time I get an email response is when I say - "My next email will be to the media." So far it's worked, and they've removed some flags. But there are some that aren't moving and now I'll be following through.
It's interesting to see the work you have done on your San Francisco Section 8 dispute. There have been several recent articles about workers who only allow admission to the program after receiving the well-documented "Black Handbag" of cash, containing several thousand dollars (they consider it to be a bargain compared with the amount you will save on rent in the long term). My own experience with a Section 8 program was confusing, with more than one "final interview", several missing documents and an unresolved political issue over SRO's - I have yet to hear back from them.
THEY HAVE TO BE ONE OF THE WORST RUN AGENCIES IN SAN FRANCISCO. THEY HAVE AN INSPECTOR THERE BY THE NAME OF DON SMITH WHO HAS THREATENED AND HARASSED ME AND MY FAMILY FOR YEARS. I HAVE TRIED TO REPORT HIM ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS BUT NO ONE WILL TAKE MY COMPLAINTS OR RETURN MY PHONE CALLS.
I can't beleive that city won't help you.
I'm in the Florida area.In florida you would have first
priority to the section 8 with the illness you have.
San Francisco program really sucks.
I'm in the Florida area.In florida you would have first
priority to the section 8 with the illness you have.
San Francisco program really sucks.
In San Francisco, it’s not about the results, it about the procedures to get those results. And like so many of us, you are experiencing that first hand.
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