Housing Authority County of Monterey

I’m seriously disappointed in the HA here in MTY Co. I had to chase down the office to figure out Section 8, getting on the list, CARS etc and no one ever contacted me. The office is like a black hole in space - unseen and useless. Someone might be helped but it wasn’t me when I really needed it as a retired person. But anyone who works in “housing” and “benefits” recommends calling them. I ask “WHY?” They do nothing.

God Help us all. crisis at HA and other programs give you the run around on phone and online.. The system needs upgrade the employees are short handed. The entire system needs to keep employees and official honest and invesgated that the employee in all levels are on top of their job and keeping them honest as they are hired to service puplic taxes payers. The programs are for puplic citizen of this native country . Over population of people of all cultures and not enough affordable housing. It a cold heart world with mind who are not honest with position they are hired to do? Scary World we live in upside down recession is getting worse... .I experience to many individuals in housing authority who care less.about helping taxes payers who help earn to create programs to give back. The wo

There is no support from HA to protect landlords. I rented my only home to predatory tenants and HA left me struggling to receive rent to pay my mortgage, and accessing my own home for repairs. Even after giving tenants multiple eviction notices, HA never replied to my calls or emails with my struggles. It was my life’s nightmare, literally. Good luck trying to get them answer your emails and your calls, you’ll never hear back once you hand your house to their poorly-screened tenants. The experience renting though HA traumatized me so much that I sold my property, and never again will rent to someone again.

This is housing program in Monterey county has very poor professionalism. They shut off phones, never answer phone calls, policy said they have 48 hrs to return phone call *NOT true* false information. Submitted an update to application months ago and still hasn’t been approved, doesn’t seem like people even work here. I understand the work load they have but how hard is it to return emails or phone calls.

Directors of the housing authority of Monterey have policies unknown public for disabled senior homeless that have priority wait list but stipulate it's a lotto. Santa Cruz county has priorities and the only law provisions available are contemporaneous law. The ADA and in the state of California civil rights department repeatedly fail on interviews as they have no jurisdiction. There are no laws that I know of for providing preference to homeless, disabled, displayed housing, other. I even complain to Washington civil rights and it's an administrative problem. Directors are not listed and in order to serve them they need to be listed which they must be hiding. Yes the chamber of commerce was listed when I did a search and they won't give the information. They must be spending a lot of time