When she is up for her annual recertification, management will prepare a new 50059. Depending on the particular financing for the project the decision could go a number of ways. The 'deposits' will be considered a gift and counted as her income regardless of the source or use thereof. The outcome could be termination of tenancy, a simple change in the TTP or, on rare occasions, her rent will raise to the 'market rate' and she will no longer receive assistance. She would be wise to stop the friend's deposits immediately if she wants to maintain her assisted status. An event that occurs less than 6 month's duration can/may be disregarded when preparing a new 50059. Likewise, that she did not 'report' a change in income within 90 days can lead to lease termination. Once that happens, chances are she will never again qualify for assistance. BTW, the friend being a witness will have no bearing whatsoever on the outcome or decision. And legal aide seldom knows what they are talking about when it comes to HUD.

Why would anyone allow a friend to use their bank to pay this friends bills and do online shopping? Bank accounts are personal and normally no one would do such a thing.

Another person would not ask a friend to used their bank accounts to pay bills and purchase items on line.

This friend could open a checking account to pay their own bills and shop online. There is no credit check, no credit scores or proof of citizenship required to open a checking account.

It appears to me that your cousin was receiving some type of payment from this friend and this is the best story anyone could come up with.

Your cousin is receiving illegal income and some how section 8 found out about this extra income that was not reported on her application for her section8 benefits. Your cousin is committing fraud by

accepting this type income from her friend.

This is the reason the section 8 department is requesting the bank statements of your cousin. Once these bank statements have been reviewed by the section 8 department in all probability your cousin would be terminated from her section 8 benefits.

There is something else that might come into play during the review of your cousin's bank statements. It might be that she is found to have committed fraud. In the documents she signed to be approved for section 8 benefits, it clearly state that if her financial situation change she was to notify the section 8 department.

She failed to report this income to the section 8 department.

The penalty for fraud is she might be required to repay section 8 all funds she received, she might be sentenced to jail or both.

This court action could be filed by the section 8 fraud division.

If you were standing on the outside of this situation looking in, would you believe this story? This is an unbelievable story.

Normally since section 8 guidelines were not observed, by the fact that your cousin violated these guidelines would be sufficient to terminate her from the section 8 benefits she once enjoyed. This does not normally require court action to terminate a person from the section 8 program.



I hope this has been of some benefit to you,good luck.

"FIGHT ON"

Honestly I doubt it matters what the friend says. There is no legal or logical reason one would give their money to someone else in order to spend it. Makes no sense. Nothing stops the friend from using her own account.

Gift money counts as income, and as your friend had full control over that money I can't see how anyone in their right mind wouldn't count it as income.

I can't believe people ask questions like this online with all the hackers and people monitoring all of us.youre better off asking these questions to a trusted person offline.but I'm pretty sure they already know they may just be letting her dig her own hole then get back to her..

it is highly likely she will be denied the sec. 8 support and whether she appeals or not it is not always a ''given' that the court will accept the word of her 'friend'

In todays world, there is a very good chance that she will be terminated. It's not really so much what you have to pay out, bills, ect. Its pretty much what's in her bank.

Her friend is not just using her account & claiming that is fraud. The money her friend is giving her counts as income and if she is not claiming that she is commiting fraud too. YES she will get terminated & denied Section 8 for years to come. This is welrfare fraud & people get sue for that. The feds do not take to kindly to being lied to.

She doesn't need our tax money if she has someone else supporting her. The money from her friend is income to her or all welfare recipients would babysit or something so friends would give them extra money on top of the welfare and any earnings they had.

She isnt very bright. Why doesnt she get a letter from the friend attesting to the deposits. It may help during her hearing.

sad tell the fiend to get her own bank account

My cousin is on section 8 and she lets her friend deposit money in her account so she can pay bills and make online purchases. They've asked for her bank statements and they're gonna see that obviously there's gonna be some things that don't add up to her income. I talked to legal aid they said the chances of her getting terminated are 50/50. But if she's terminated, her appeal will most likely win with her friend being a witness saying she used her account. I already know she's a dumb *** for this so there's no need for anybody to leave negative opinions as I'm aware of her wrongs. Does the appeal go to court? Is there any chance she won't get terminated? Will they just make her pay everything back if it came to it? Thanks

If she has more "income" than is allowed, yes, she rightly can and should be terminated.