Abilene Family Faces Eviction in the Midst of HUD Confusion
By: Nora Hartfeil
Updated: October 12, 2012
Amber Munro and her husband, an Iraq war veteran, found a place to call home for the first time in a long time.
"The whole last eight years has been hard. Homeless here, homeless there", says Munro.
But one piece of paper they received recently is changing their plans quickly.
"I got a notice saying they are no longer accepting HUD for any of the new tenants. Along with that notice, I received an eviction notice saying I have three days to figure something out for payment or I will be evicted", Munro tells us.
The Munro's were waiting on a HUD inspection approval letter that would have paved the way; but when they didn't hear back after the inspection, they assumed their apartment had passed. As it turned out, the inspection failed, but they never received notification.
However, HUD did in fact send out a letter, over a month ago. The reason Amber never received it? It was sent to the wrong address.
"This is one of those unfortunate circumstances that we'll be investigating and really looking at how it happened", says Gene Reed of Abilene HUD.
After finding out they were never accepted into the HUD Program, Amber has plans to move out in a few days.
"Unless someone can figure something out in the next couple of days, then we are gonna have to get out", says Munro.
But Reed says there's not much they can do, "She hasn't been kicked out yet, and the inspection has been rescheduled".
Despite the chain of miscommunication and misunderstanding, Munro tells us she is determined to keep her family off of the streets.
The local HUD branch encourages applicants to undergo housing inspections prior to moving in, and to stay in contact with their caseworker, as it could prevent any similar mix-ups.
"The whole last eight years has been hard. Homeless here, homeless there", says Munro.
But one piece of paper they received recently is changing their plans quickly.
"I got a notice saying they are no longer accepting HUD for any of the new tenants. Along with that notice, I received an eviction notice saying I have three days to figure something out for payment or I will be evicted", Munro tells us.
The Munro's were waiting on a HUD inspection approval letter that would have paved the way; but when they didn't hear back after the inspection, they assumed their apartment had passed. As it turned out, the inspection failed, but they never received notification.
However, HUD did in fact send out a letter, over a month ago. The reason Amber never received it? It was sent to the wrong address.
"This is one of those unfortunate circumstances that we'll be investigating and really looking at how it happened", says Gene Reed of Abilene HUD.
After finding out they were never accepted into the HUD Program, Amber has plans to move out in a few days.
"Unless someone can figure something out in the next couple of days, then we are gonna have to get out", says Munro.
But Reed says there's not much they can do, "She hasn't been kicked out yet, and the inspection has been rescheduled".
Despite the chain of miscommunication and misunderstanding, Munro tells us she is determined to keep her family off of the streets.
The local HUD branch encourages applicants to undergo housing inspections prior to moving in, and to stay in contact with their caseworker, as it could prevent any similar mix-ups.
Comments
Our tax dollars at work once again and what's worse is that the victims of this nonsense have served our country, sold their souls to Uncle Sam and this is how they and their families are thanked? I am disgusted by the shear incompetence of these people. As for the inspector who felt it was his job to judge someone he was inspecting needs to check his priorities and remember if it weren't for those protecting this country he himself might not have a house to live in, a job or any of the other advantages he enjoys living in the U.S.A.
Debrah W.
October 13, 2012 at 10:32 am
I moved in to a house on a HUD VA program. Before the inspection My wife and I got a letter telling that if we would to walk the house with inspector we could and he would take a few minutes to answer any thing we need to know.
The day of inspection I met the inspector in to house. After he walked a few rooms with me 6 to 8 feet behold him. He truned to me with NASTYS look on his face and said "Do you mind." Stepping out side I asked the lady that works for the landlord about the inspector. She said he don't like any one around. After he finished the inspection I asked him about it. His answer was " At we be in my report. I DO NOT have the time to waist talking to you. Got in his CITY TRUCK and drove off.
I filed a complaint with HUD and the V.A. .
AND that is another story!!!
Norman M.
October 12, 2012 at 11:27 pm
HUD needs to get it together, that is people's lives they are playing with.
Marvin M.
October 12, 2012 at 6:44 pm
