What is Wrong with the CDA now?

1. Hi Brenda,

   I would be interested in more information on this. If the letter is publicly available, can you email a copy to me? Thanks.

   chris

2. I didn’t get a pdf – but this is what was emailed to me, which frankly, makes it even worse . . .

   Dear S8 Participant:

   Federal regulations require annual reexaminations to continue your rental assistance. We have scheduled the following appointment for you to update information

   1. YOUR APPOINTMENT IS WITH XXX, XXX @ XXXX AT THE ADDRESS SHOWN ABOVE. ROOM 120 ACROSS THE HALL FROM THE US POST OFFICE.

   2. ALL OTHER HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER MUST ALSO ATTEND. DO NOT BRING CHILDREN.

   3. IF YOU ARE MORE THAN 5 MINUTES LATE. YOU WILL NEED TO RESCHEDULE YOUR APPOINTMENT. WHICH WILL COUNT AS A MISSED APPT.

   4. BRING THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND SOCIAL SECURITY CARD =CR NEW BABIES BORN SINCE YOUR LAST RE-EXAM APPOINTMENT. ALSO, BRING PROOF OF ALL HOUSEHOLD INCOME.

   5. PLEASE BRING A COPY OF YOUR RENEWAL LEASE. LANDLORDS ARE REQUIRED TO SEND A COPY TO SECTION 8 AT LEAST 60 DAYS PRIOR TO EFFECTIVE DATE.

   6. ELDERLY AND DISABLED ONLY:

   a. WE MAY BE ABLE TO CONDUCT YOUR RE-CERTIFICATION BY MAIL. PLEASE NOTIFY ME IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO COME IN FOR AN APPOINTMENT DUE TO AGE OR HEALTH CONSTRAINTS.

   b. IF YOU GET YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS AT WALGREENS, YOU MUST PROVIDE US A PRINTOUT SHOWING THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR PRESCRIPTIONS WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, OR HAVE A RECEIPT FOR EACH
   PRESCRIPTION TO GET THE DEDUCTION.

   7. IF YOU DO NOT RECERTIFY BY XXXXXX. SECTION 8 WILL NOT PAY XXXXX. YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OF THE RENT UNTIL YOUR RECERTIFICATION IS COMPLETED.

   IF YOU MISS TWO (2) APPOINTMENTS TERMINATION PROCEEDINGS WILL BE INITIATED.

   NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT WEAR ANY FRAGRANCE/PERFUMES. SMOKE AND/OR REEK OF CIGARETTE SMOKE. OR BE IN CONTACT WITH CATS OR DOGS PRIOR TO COMING IN FOR THIS APPOINTMENT. YOU WILL NOT BE SEEN AND IT WILL COUNT AS A MISSED APPOINTMENT.

   Sincerely,

3. thanks, Brenda. I wonder where the fed requirements end and the city’s begins. Plus, not a big fan of CAPS LOCK… Intriguing.

4. Brenda, how do I contact you. We would like to invite you to an upcoming minority affairs meeting if you are available. The next is 11/10 10:30a in MMB LL-130.

5. If you had asked, you would have learned this email was sent only to the clients of one worker with a serious asthma problem. You do agree that public employees shouldn’t face threats to their health at work, right? Having said that, management agrees it reads a bit harsh, and will be modified. In the future, tho, could you maybe find out the full facts before you post? Thanks ever so much.

6. Stuart – I’m not sure how any of that changes anything. Glad to hear the CDA staff agree that the letter should be changed. People shouldn’t be losing the Setion 8 housing because they wear perfume or have a cat or dog or smoke . . . there are other ways to accommodate the worker and the clients without being absurd.

7. I agree accommodation should be made, but by reassigning those individuals who live with animals or smoke to different case workers so that this individual only works with people who do not trigger an attack, not by putting this on the client. It is not appropriate and treating it as an offense is just that, offensive. If client reassignment can’t be done, this individual should be reassigned to a position where he/she does not have to deal with clients.

8. Curious what Stuart is getting at. He’s not suggesting employees with disabilities have a right to use them as an excuse to treat clients like this, is he? And if you had waited to find out the full facts before posting this publicly , would CDA staff even be talking about changing the letter now? Just wondering.

9. I haven’t seen the new wording, but I’m told that it’s been modified.

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