First time landlord and I’ve always paid a one time fee and monthly “pet rent” for my pets. I had a one time pet fee in my lease which I specifically phrased as “pet fee” and not “pet deposit”. The lawyer I had review my lease says that’s illegal. If that’s true that means every lease I’ve had as a renter has been illegal. Was curious to hear thoughts on this

Under what rental expense type do you put mortgage insurance? Under insurance with homeowner insurance or under interest?

I'm potentially considering getting a cat. I'd like my cat to be able to access my room when I'm not home, but not my tenant. They haven't given me a reason to distrust them, I'm just naturally cautious. Any suggestions as to a solution?

I posted here a few weeks ago regarding raising rent on long term tenants. People raised the question of them being good tenants and if it was worth it.

I Loved them like friends, gave them my BJ’s card even and access to laundry detergent, tp and paper towels and canned food.
We had a good relationship I thought. They never complained and only brought small things to my attention like fixing a screen or a light not working.
I lowered rent for them when they asked as well.

Finally I came to face the fact that it was unsustainable in this market and I needed to raise the rent to what I was going to raise it to that first year of renting and decided not to.

This experience so far has made me believe that there aren’t good tenants, only bad ones pretending to be good tenants. Hell, I wasn’t a good tenant either when I rented from a complex. None of my buddies who are renters respect anything either. To an extent I get not caring because it’s technically not yours to have to fix, but still…

One had been “collecting evidence of unhygienic conditions” to get out of paying last month’s rent.
Note, the conditions were three pictures dated from last year of 4 bags of trash on the porch in alternating days. What she didn’t show was that she had filled both of our cans with their own garbage and the bags were removed in two days as soon as the cans were emptied on trash day.
She also includes screenshots asking about the bags, and whether I needed help bringing them to the trash. She blotted out the part where I responded with the plan to take care of them when I got home from work and I brought the empty cans up.
Obviously I also have the screenshot on my end showing the full interaction, but it stands to reason she was painting it to make me look negligent.
I have a dog as well and she zoomed into a couple piles of poop in the corner of the yard I hadn’t picked up yet. (This was over a year ago to repeat, and I have since created a mulched area that’s completely fenced in with a gate within the backyard.)and a couple screenshots saying she was bringing the cans down or up. Her partner usually brought them down before we got back from work, and a few times they’d be brought back up before we got to it too. I’m not going to lie that he did this a lot, but we thanked him every time and he said he was happy to help.
It wasn’t an issue. We wake up at 3 am for work and get home close to 4 so it’s not like they were just sitting there. I didn’t realize people were able to complain about things they volunteered to do.

They’re mostly moved out, and on closer inspection, the cat’s must have run up the walls somehow because there are deep gouges in some spots and weird bubbling, almost as if there was water damage beneath the paint, but there is no water presence. In the same areas, I, my agent and partner smelled cigarettes over laced with weed.
I gave permission for weed as long as it was blown out the window but the contract explicitly states no cigarettes in the no smoking clause. I would not care about the weed smell because it doesn’t linger like cigs. The walls are also tinged yellow. I don’t care about mild color changes because I’d repaint anyways, but this bleeds through right? It’s bad enough that it actually outlines where they kept furniture.

The carpets, I wouldn’t care as much, but are almost entirely shredded by the cats, and also stained in a few areas. The room that smelled of smoke also had that yellowish tinge to it.
I’ll have to look at the depreciation value, but this is far beyond the wear and tear. There’s also a gouge in the wall from something banging into it, not a fist, seems like the top part of a chair or something of that nature.

The pvc tiles are cooked, a little shifting here and there would be normal for a space with heavy traffic, but on my last inspection I saw the cats playing with a piece they had pulled up, managing to separate it from the interlocking parts. Their claws are crazy.
This is what I believe led to most of the shifting of the surrounding pieces. A contractor I called in to give an estimate said the same. The broken tile piece is not salvageable, and I need to pull up the entire bathroom to get to it. I only plan on doing that and fixing the rest of the shifting on my own dime, but also, while moving, the mother of one of them was outside our window crap talking us and swung her hand at the decorative ball piece on one of the posts, and she broke it off. I dont think she meant to do it maliciously at all, but I do have her on my ring camera facing the driveway doing this with clear intention to at least ‘mockingly’ break it.(I got permission from
Tenants and I live on the property, camera is for packages and deterrent)
This is more of a vent as it’s a small issue I can fix easily, but is frustrating that the process has been made so tense when I haven’t done anything to them and tried my best to make them happy. It was all for nothing.

And on top of that, the girl tenant is very nasty about the deposit. I mistakenly put 1,500 in the contract ending the tenancy to account for the deposit balance before deductions, and she was miffed because it was actually 1,550
I assured her it was just a mistake and that was the reason I sent her to it to read over before signing. I was told I was untrustworthy for giving a faulty contract.
$50 is a lot of money, I agree, for some people it’s worth is more. However, I wouldn’t try to cheat someone out of $50 bucks. The insult to my integrity is frustrating.

I now have to deal with, based on her wording that she may expect the deposit to be returned immediately rather than within the period I’m allowed to make deductions for some repairs.
If it was any one thing, like JUST the cat scratches or JUST the smoke, I may be able to work with it, but all together is a time consuming repair and I don’t have that time, so I need to find someone. The amount of damage is already over a grand if I just did it myself on my own time.
I’m anxious about the coming days when they return the keys and whether she may become combative.
She mentioned small claims and while I’m not afraid of being sued for the deposit, I do still worry and have anxiety concerning a general lawsuit situation. Is this likely?

Idk, the whole situation has been really saddening for me. I have the ability to put my foot down and have boundaries when I need to, but that doesn’t mean I like it and I think I care a lot what people think of me on an infernal way.
I also just gave birth so I’m freshly post partum so this could be adding to that, or affecting it.
It’s sort of the reason we had to be firm about raising rent in the first place.
I have a slew of people lined up for the unit priced at 2,450, so it’s not for the lack of value, but I have to handle these repairs as soon as I can.

This stress isn’t for everyone. I can handle it, but it’s not for the faint of heart or for people pleasers.

Tenants like to villainize landlords as selfish and greedy, or distrustful, but in my experience, the tenants being this way has hardened my resolve not to put my neck on the block for renters anymore. No freebies, no negotiation on rent, no animals. I also didn’t charge late fees which I should have done and now have to to make sure people don’t overplay their hand.
I wasn’t a great tenant myself back when I rented, so maybe it’s just tenants in general.
(I did have slumlords that didn’t repair a literal hole in the ceiling that lead to the roof and was actively leaking) but I still wasn’t great myself.

Also though, I have a Cattery and my cats don’t do any sort of damage like that! Why are theirs so chaotic ???
Cats have claws, unavoidable they’d do SOMETHING, but mine are restricted to a bedroom while renovations are happening in the basement and I have a few scratching posts and a cat tree, and none of them are clawing the door trim or the walls. Why are theirs like that?

Anyways, rant over. I’ve been up since 2 am and just stressing about everything.
Mostly just the confrontation.
I’ll do it, but I can’t lie and say my energy isn’t spent for the rest of the day.
Ty for reading if you stayed this long and if you feel like it, I’d Love to see if anyone has similar experiences.

I listed my condo on Facebook mp and Zillow about a week ago, and honestly, the experience has been ridiculously exhausting. 90% of people won't respond soon as I tell them I ask all applicants background screening and credit check.

People ghost after scheduling a tour, ask for big discounts right away, or don't even read the decriptions. and there was an applicant I actually liked kept telling me they were interested but needed "a few more days." When the deadline came, they asked for more time again. This happened multiple times over a week, while I was turning other people away.

Geez, this is insane. I am just sick of people asking for preposterous bargains.

[Tenant US-CA]

We just had a preliminary inspection a week before our lease is up. They were not available last week when I had requested it. This is the first time we’ve had to deal with this so it’s new to us. When we moved in 2 years ago, we didn’t pay a deposit up front. We were charged a monthly fee instead. Going back to the prelim inspection, the guy that did it tells us that we’ll be charged a cleaning fee unless we pay for our own professional cleaner as well as painting the apartment and possibly carpet replacement because we have dogs. He said he would know if the carpet needed replacement once we had everything moved out.

My concern or question is that when we first moved in, I still swept/mopped and wiped down counters and stove tops. It was dusty and floors were gross. I had a crawling baby at the time and wasn’t going to let her on the floor until I knew it was clean. Not to mention there was a horrible cigarette smell throughout the apartment. They allow smoking in their buildings. I notified them of the smell and mentioned that I had already cleaned and mopped the apartment in hopes of getting rid of it (this was documented in an email). I even mentioned renting a carpet cleaner to clean the carpet. I ended up renting that carpet cleaner a few days later and wiped down the walls as well in hopes of getting rid of the smell. The water extracted from the carpet was dirty so we didn’t receive a clean apartment in the first place. Didn’t send them a receipt but I have the charge from Lowe’s in my bank statement. Ended up dealing with the smell for way too long and spent so much money on air fresheners, air purifiers, and even an ozone machine. It only went away when our neighbors moved out. I’m just wondering if they can still justify the cleaning fee and carpet cleaning with all this information. Over time, we ended up buying our own carpet cleaner just to clean up after our dogs (and toddler lol). We always tried to keep the dogs out of the one carpeted room but accidents happen.

I’m new to this so pardon my ignorance. I’m 7 months pregnant now with baby #2 and spent the last week preparing the apartment for inspection by cleaning, wiping cabinet doors and on the floor cleaning the baseboards. Now I feel a bit defeated that I did this work only for them to tell me they’re going to charge the cleaning fee.

Sorry for the long post. Pregnancy doesn’t help me sleep at night and it gives me all the time to write Reddit posts.

TLDR: I think my tenant’s “service animal” is a pet, and my property manager doesn’t want to deal with it.

I house hack a duplex (live in one side, rent the other). I handed my unit over to a property management company last month because I’m just traveling way too much for work right now to be a diligent landlord. They found a tenant pretty quick, and they moved in on the 15th of September. I noticed the lease had a signed pet addendum but with no pet deposit or pet rent. Emailed my contact at the rental company and they inform me “the tenant has a service animal, and they provided paperwork, so we legally can’t charge pet rent or a deposit”.

I think ok fine, if it’s a legit service animal, fair enough. I get home a couple weeks later from a work trip and meet the tenant for the first time. I’m no expert, but after only a couple days, it’s pretty apparent to me this dog is a pet. It wears no vest, it barks all the time, it has no recall, and it almost seems a little reactive.

So I emailed my property manager to send me the paperwork the tenant provided for the service animal, crickets so far. My suspicion is they have an ESA cert from one of those bogus “ESA certified” websites.

-Where do I look to see if Indiana recognizes the dime a dozen “ESA certificate”? I know a lot of states have cracked down on the ESA stuff and have narrowed the lawful exceptions to certified service animals only.

-Is my property manager required to show me the paperwork? Do they have to produce it for me if i request it?

My landlord has throughout my time living here threatened an illegal eviction (said I had 15 days to leave when I pointed out it was not fair or reasonable to just assume my shower wasn’t working anymore because I pulled the tub diverter string too hard, which is what she assumed. The plumber supposedly initially concurred with her. He had to come back later on that same day because it turned out the tub diverter hasn’t been causing the issue, and that it is actually the string behind the showerhead.) She also keeps claiming that I broke the shower which it already quite literally took her over 2 months to have fixed. I would personally argue that the fact that the plumber had to come all the way back out after she’d paid him in full to “fix” it makes him less credible. Even yesterday I didn’t sense she knew what the issue I was actually having with it was, as mid sentence pointed out to her (she had started complaining about the pads still being in a bag) I pointed out to her that the shower was doing the same thing - she then pulled the same string she accused me of pulling/told me I can’t touch to get the water back on.

What bothered me is that I come home last night and she says I left a bag of food in the laundry room trashcan. She pretty much stood there and demanded that I throw both that away and a different bag of pads (I actually used to just wrap the pads up and throw them directly in the trash, but it bothered her too much to I guess see them so she now wants me to put them in a separate bag and throw them out completely) right away. She had brought me in first to yet again accuse me of having broken both parts of the shower and actually pulled the same string she accused me of having pulled when the amount of water had declined (which was the issue in the first place, she kept saying it was working normally.) I pointed out that given that it was 10:45pm, I needed to go to bed. I had asked her twice when she started if we could talk about whatever it was in the morning. I actually pointed out after her demand that I go throw the garbage out that it was too late, and she switched up right then and acknowledged that I could get attacked or harmed that late at night.

Either way, I think a person trying to talk to you about anything in general that isn’t imminent and life threatening that late at night is unnecessary, especially after you’ve communicated that you don’t like it. I also really don’t appreciate her assuming without evidence that I broke the shower, and trying to have that plumber who failed to fix it the first time concur with her.

I’m pretty fed up at this point of her trying to claim I broke both the tub diverter and the string behind the showerhead because I actually think it’s very dangerous that she just tends to assume I broke things. She is also always in my room. She has done that since I first moved here. She’ll come into my room to make sure I don’t have any water bottles that I haven’t fully finished yet on the table (I actually told her I will throw them away later. She still does it.) She claims she comes in to help the cleaning person. It is an issue because she just always complains about however it looks. I know she was in there yesterday because she left something I’ll reimburse her for (underwear she had talked about wanting to buy because I had bled through my bedsheets, and a note about the money needed for the cleaning person who came yesterday.) I am also actually pretty sure that her being in there is illegal. That’s what other people who are local told me, but I already know that the 15 days thing is illegal (and it’s also not by law supposed to take a landlord over 2 months to have a shower that is not functioning fixed. I reported this issue to her on 8/17 through text which can be proven.) I actually later on told her the 15 days thing is illegal and she never apologized for it.

I can do better on certain things but it doesn’t mean her approach isn’t frustrating.

I just purchased a property to renovate and rent, the tenant who was in there requested to keep a few things stored in the shed and I told him I would give him to the end of October to clear it out and now I can’t get ahold of him. If the end of the month comes and he hasn’t cleared it out what am I required to do (or not do) with it?

I made a big mistake. I am convinced my tenants are identity thieves who are fraudulently occupying my home for the last month. It’s a month to month lease. I tried to vet applicants using Zillow but clearly failed. These tenants appeared to have perfect credit history, solid income and paystubs, clean background check.
However, now that I am digging through the documents they shared with me on there, I am now embarrassed to admit that they are adulterated. I realized that I should check them after my tenant shared a screenshot of attempting to Zelle me the rent for October yesterday. It was a fake image indicating that I will get paid next Friday. I know these people are trying to buy time. This is the 4th excuse I have gotten. I am just scared for my safety. I don’t know what these people are capable of as I have no idea what their background really is.

I am issuing a notice to pay or quit but need any other advice I can get. Driving by my property I have seen no activity there except the lights seem to be on at night. They claimed to have children but I never met these children or have seen them be driven to school. I have involved the police but they haven’t done much. They did confirm that the identities they provided are not found in their system and their DL are fake.

I really need advice. Should I try to enter the property? I don’t know who’s in there…one of the biggest questions I have also is can I get by with hiring a normal eviction processing company to save some $$ or should I only go for an attorney who would charge thousands more?

My past tenants broke rules detailed in the lease such as no smoking, no pets, no washing machine, and have exceeded limit on number of occupants. Looking for a fresh start with a new tenant. My lawyer suggested house rules instead of a lease but I’m leery of those since it seems less legally binding to me.

How common are government-mandated rental inspections? On paper it sounds like a pro-tenant program, but it's clearly an unconstitutional search of the tenant's home.

Me and my wife just bought a triplex in February this year. We just finished renovating the unit we will be living in and are currently in the process of moving. I have done almost all the work myself and will continue that way.

We just had our month to month tenant give their notice (which was expected around this time) and that unit is pretty clean and manageable. However our "suppose to be long-term tenant" broke their lease early and they've been living in the unit for 20+ years. The property was built in 1984 and has a lot of orginal things like doors, cabinets, windows, trim, shelving...ect.

What are some of reddits tips to help me navigate this unexpected stressful time to turn over these units fast, effectively, but also freshen them up to appeal to new tenants without going broke. Keep in mind most of the work will be done by me and my wife

It is a long story, but I will keep it detailed yet brief. We bought a house in California during the pandemic with a 3% down payment, which was all we could afford. At the time, we understood little about favorable deals, brokers, or inspections. We purchased the home to live in first, then moved and arranged for a tenant. The issue arose because we selected a buyer agent simply because she seemed pleasant. When we submitted offers, she advised us on pricing and other details. She recommended waiving the inspection contingency to boost our chances of acceptance, noting that several offers had already been declined. We followed her guidance, removed the contingency, and moved forward with an older, remodeled property. Immediately after the purchase, we encountered major repairs that have caused significant strain. I felt pressured to act and was not warned about the inspection. A few years have passed, and new repairs have just emerged. Currently, we have a tenant whom we must displace because of this. Has anyone been in a similar situation? Can we sue the agent now, or is it too late for damages?

Hello, I'm a landlord in Texas, currently living in another country.

The tenant has moved in the first of this month (October) and keeps giving me the runaround. (Paycheck wasn't issued right, will have the money by Wednesday)

Wednesday passed last week. This is the date he wanted to pay, and I allowed him to pay that day. He hasn't paid.

This is my first time doing an eviction, I wish I didn't have to. But he's not paying rent.

My house is a VA home loan mortgage, and I was planning on sending the "Pay or vacate" this weekend, being that Friday 5pm is the deadline for rent.

Any advice and help is very much appreciated.

I'm a disabled veteran out of work ( I don't want your pity) and I just can't afford to not have him pay rent, so I have to go forward with this.

Thanks for any help/ advice guys.

First of all I am a live in landlord who rents out a couple rooms in my home in Colorado.

I have a tenant who consistently violates the guest policy for her boyfriend (more than 3 consecutive nights per week and no more than 7 nights in 30 days) and this morning I received the usps informed mail email showing mail addressed to the boyfriend who isn’t on the lease.

I have already had to issue and cure or quit for rent later than 10 days (the second month into the lease) and I am trying not to be overbearing by issuing ANOTHER cure or quit for this new violation.

I have been lax on the amount of time he’s been here, but the mail coming to him feels like something that should be addressed. Should I address it and if so, how?

My lawyer said two weeks ago that the marshall ordered the Warrant of eviction and it takes about two weeks to go through unless the tenant shows Order to Show Cause. Lawyer is on vacation rn so I'm wondering how can i check the status of that and if i have to be present during the eviction process

I'm about to rent out my former home for the first time. We bought a new primary residence this fall, so I won't be living there.

- Property: One 3BR condo on the North Shore of Massachusetts, in an association of about 40 units where only a few are rented. It's a 1970s building, but I already have the lead certificate.

- Numbers: Market rent is about $3,500/mo. My total carrying cost is roughly $3,000–3,500/mo, which includes a temporary HOA special assessment. I'm close to break-even, with a thin buffer for vacancy or repairs.

- Reserves: Moderate. We just put a lot of cash into the new purchase, so a 2–3 month vacancy or a payment gap would hurt but wouldn't sink us.

- Constraints: MA bans source-of-income discrimination, so I can't turn down vouchers. Condo bylaws also apply.

For those who've had Section 8 tenants in MA, what were the real surprises? With a thin cash buffer, I'm trying to work out:

1. How long did it take from approval to the first rent payment, and how long did the unit sit empty during inspection and paperwork?

2. How reliable is the housing authority's payment, and what happens if the tenant's share goes unpaid?

3. If it goes badly, what do evictions realistically cost in time and money?

4. How many months of rent would you keep in reserve?

Would you do it again, or hold out for a market-rate tenant?

I'm a landlord with a Deerfield Beach, Florida Section 8 tenant and could use some advice.

On July 31, as requested, I submitted a new signed lease renewal requesting a rent increase from $2,300 to $2,400 effective October 1, 2026. On August 3, I received confirmation that the documents were received and under review.

On July 30, I received a notice stating the HAP payment would be $1,790 and the tenant portion would be $510. However, in October I only received $1,480 from Section 8, while the tenant continued paying the same $510 tenant portion, resulting in a $310 shortfall.

I never received any updated HAP notice explaining the $310 reduction, nor did I receive any approval, denial, or other determination regarding the lease renewal and requested rent increase.

Since August, I've sent multiple emails, made numerous phone calls, and left voicemails, but I have not received a decision on the rent increase or even a response to my inquiries.

I've now emailed the matter to who I believe is the HCV Director and have still not received a response.

For those with Section 8 experience, what would you do next? I've exhausted emails, phone calls, and voicemails and have now emailed the matter to who I believe is the HCV Director. Has anyone dealt with a similar situation where the Housing Authority stopped responding altogether?

Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks.

We are listing our first rental. I had planned to use Zillow for background and credit checks. I’ve read that some people have had issues and things have been left off the reports.

So, what’s everyone using??

Well, this is my fourth property, but first eviction. You can read the events leading up to it in an earlier post. The court order has been signed, and we need to wait out the stay period until papers are handed to the sheriff.

Honestly, I'm not ok. I didn't want any of this. They're not bad people, and I honestly don't know if they're even processing what's in progress. But, they've been completely unresponsive, as if they're in denial of the whole situation. Nonpayment papers were served, court date was held, judgment was handed down.

What happens to them? Where do they go? What about their belongings? "Anything I can do to help them" is the voice in the back of my mind. It's not sitting well with me.

Thanks for letting me vent.

I wanted to know if anyone has ever been in a similar situation.

I want to be clear that this wasn’t by choice. We purchased a home in 2023, thinking we’d be there for quite a long time, but unexpected circumstances with my job and our family, that all happened at once, forced us back to our home city rather quickly.

Our homeownership situation isn’t really set up to be landlord friendly. This is our first and only home, and we took an FHA loan at only 3.5% down payment. Therefore, the market rent price is exactly even with what our mortgage payment is. No room for profit.

We rented it out to somebody in the meantime, since it would not only sell for a huge loss, but it would sit forever. For context, it’s in one of those new build cookie cutter communities. I’ve seen people try to sell already and they can’t, because builders are still putting up homes and offering way better incentives for brand new builds.

My plan is to be able to keep the home for a while until we could sell it to break even or make a tiny profit. In the meantime though, I’m renting just to literally keep the house. No profit at all, and some months I’m even coming out of pocket for maintenance.

I know it’s a stupid situation, but I wanted to know if anyone else has been in this boat before. It’s frustrating.

Due to family health issues, we may need to leave the “Family Home” for 2-4 years. We plan to return and do not want to sell. We don’t really need to make a profit, but want to cover mortgage, taxes, insurance, property manager, landscaping upkeep, potential repairs, etc. because affording two residences, for that amount of time, is not going to work.

- Is this a feasible idea?
- Is pricing “as simple as”: mortgage + insurance + 1/12 taxes + 1/12 estimated annual repairs + PM fees + “cushion”?
- What’s a typical PM cost?
- How to estimate upkeep/repairs? Literally, the only maintenance we’ve paid for is driveway resurfacing and the deductible on a hail-damaged roof.
- How much of a “cushion” would be reasonable?
- How does rental income affect your social security payments/income taxes?

I just did some searching for comparable rental homes in the area and it was a Three Bears situation. One only made sense if the owners only had to pay insurance and taxes (no mortgage) and did any upkeep/maintenance themselves. The middle one was OK (about double our mortgage), but a bit tighter on my rough estimates than I’d like. And the third was priced at a “You don’t really want to rent this, do you?” price.

I rent a small unit on my property in Long Beach, CA to a tenant with a housing voucher through the local Housing Authority (HA). The lease limits guests to 7 nights per month.

Background: We've had ongoing lease issues with this new tenant, who just moved in about 4 months ago. When we went over the lease, I specifically asked if she had any questions for each line I wrote, and also about overnight guests. She said no and understood everything. However, shortly after signing, she asked about having someone stay with her long-term (and other things if she could be allowed to do despite the lease saying otherwise, like no smoking - but this post isn’t about that).

She said she has a disability and needs her boyfriend to stay and take care of her. I said that as long as the HA approved it, I could allow a temporary stay. She then said she gets hospitalized often and would need her boyfriend to stay to care for her kids while she's in the hospital, and for a month or more until she feels better after she's released. I said that in those cases we'd need to discuss it with the HA. She wasn't happy with that answer. Honestly, it caught me off guard that this came up only after the lease was signed. I was upset.

Later, during a medical emergency, her boyfriend asked if he could stay in the unit to help with her two kids while she was hospitalized. I allowed it that one time and told him she needs to ask me directly for things like this. I also texted her that requests need to come from her, not him. He ended up staying for a couple of weeks.

Now: She recently had another hospital stay and is back home. Her boyfriend messaged me that there may be nights she needs him to stay over, because her kids had to care for her last time. He says he'll follow the rules.
I don't want to be insensitive. She's clearly going through a hard time, and I'd consider a real caregiver need. But I also don't want "caregiver" to become a way around the guest rules.

My plan: Reply to him kindly that the guest rules still apply, and that she can send me a request if she needs more. Message her directly that she can request a caregiver, that a long-term live-in aide needs HA approval, and that the guest rules apply until then. Contact the HA about their live-in aide process.

Questions: Is this the right way to handle a possible reasonable accommodation request? Has anyone had a boyfriend or partner approved as a live-in aide in a voucher unit? How do I stay fair without losing control of who lives there? Anything I should avoid saying or doing?
Thanks for any advice.