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NE19149 · #21 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 12:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TOD318

I also happen to be a REALTOR and would be glad to provide you as much info I can find about the owner.

I know this is off topic, but how can I find out more about my home?
Such as, I know it was built in 1940, but from that time, who all lived and owned my house before. Who the builders were, etc.
I just want to gather a complete background for historical purposes.
And if the home came with an Owners Manual of some kind.
Call me nosy, but I'm fascinated by this stuff, hey, it's my house!.

cyainthehood · #22 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by cammycap

If the woman is working then it's probably not a Section 8, because they do not work unless it's under the table job.

Can you PM me the address?

All the more reason to differentiate between Section 8 and your average low life renter. Let's be sure here

MaureensAvon · #23 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 12:51 AM

Thanks so much for everyone's advice, I really appreciate it. I will take up your offers of private assistance.

I looked up the address, and found who owns the home, and their address.

You may be right that it not a Section 8 property. We just assumed it was, as it was in the past. Is there any way to tell on the Hallwatch site?

Phillydi · #24 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 01:16 AM

I too am fascinated by neighborhood history. I am 2nd in amount of time lived on my block & I recently made an archive for some of my newer neighbors. Your deed should tell you the year your house was built & the original owners. I talked with lots of neighbors over the years to find out about previous owners etc., I also found pictures on phillyhistory.org. Good Luck

cyainthehood · #25 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by MaureensAvon

I looked up the address, and found who owns the home, and their address.

You may be right that it not a Section 8 property. We just assumed it was, as it was in the past. Is there any way to tell on the Hallwatch site?

Do some digging! If it's not a S8 house, you actually have more recourse!

This puts you in a whole other ball park. Let us help you.. and your mom.

blueroses · #26 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cammycap

If the woman is working then it's probably not a Section 8, because they do not work unless it's under the table job.

Can you PM me the address?

I'm not so sure about that. Section isn't just for jobless people. Low-income workers can also get Section 8, I'm pretty sure. Maybe she's just making minimum wage.

Jamaicanmenuts · #27 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 10:16 AM

You are right. One can work and receive a Section 8 subsidy.

epoxy · #28 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Jamaicanmenuts

You are right. One can work and receive a Section 8 subsidy.

It's true.

cerberus413 · #29 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by LeisureSuit

Not only the older folks, but all law abiding civilized people.

Oh cool so I can still stay then since im not civilized!

Mayfairchick · #30 (**permalink**) 08-24-2008, 02:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MaureensAvon

My poor mother is at her wit's end. The house next door to her is a Section 8 property. The lady of the house is a decent person, very nice & polite, works all hours.

The problem is the good-for-nothing layabout that lives with her. While she is out working, he's sitting around, drinking, blasting his boombox, and lifting weights on the front porch @ 11PM.

My mom was recently fined, and subsequently SUED by the city (who put a lien on her house) for putting recycling in with the regular trash, and she is very careful to separate her trash/recycling.

The guy next door always puts his empty beer bottles in my mom's trash cans!!! She caught him tonight putting an ENTIRE EMPTY CASE on her lawn. They dump their trash bags in the back of her property (they have NO cans or recycling bins), and if my brother doesn't take them out on trash night, they will sit there for weeks!

One time, he was cleaning out his car, and took HER trash can from the front of her house and FILLED it with his sh!t!!!!'

Tonight, she took everything they put on her lawn and in her cans, and put it back on their lawn. Less than five minutes later, he sent someone out to take them down the street somewhere.

I suggested she put all the bottles right in front of their door, so they trip on them when they come out. I also suggested that she take any bags that they put out back of her house, and put them back on their property, wait a few weeks, and call CLIP.

Sorry for the novel, but does anyone have any advice for any recourse for her?? As stated before, this is starting to cost her money. Of course, she wants to move out of that dump ASAP, but she can't do it financially right now.

Can you PM me where you mom lives? Maybe even contacting the community relations officer would help?