Re: The O2 isn't helping and I'm suicidal

"D.F. Manno" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The depression is just getting worse. I go back and forth between wanting to get
> an Uzi and start shooting random passersby, and wanting to get a fifth of Jim
> Beam and take all the pills in my house.

Sorry to hear about your troubles, depression is understandable.  I did some
snooping, assuming this is the program you're under:
http://www.pha.phila.gov/housing/Housing_Choice/Housing_Choice_Voucher_Program.html

They say you have to start with a one year lease, which presumably you have, so can
they kick you out if you need temporary treatment? What does the lease say?  Do you
know if there's a waiting list for new apartments?

The also say:
HUD regulations for the voucher programs permit PHA to terminate assistance to
participants if any household member or guest does not abide by the following family
obligations during assisted tenancy:

"Supply any information requested by PHA to verify that the family is living in the
unit or information related to family absence from the unit.:
"Promptly notify PHA in writing when the family is absent from the unit for an
extended period of time in accordance with PHA policy."

That would lead me to believe that if you informed them you were going for temporary
treatment, they couldn't kick you out, depending on what their "PHA policy" is.  It
just plain does not make sense that they would kick a disabled person out of their
apartment when they need treatment for the whole damn reason they're there in Section
8 housing.

Do you have any lawyer friends or available free legal resources to help you get
through the lease requirements and not lose your apt?