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Tenant Advisory o~n~nittee .~anuary I5, 209 Thirty-three members attended the committee meeting, with roughly equal numbers of English, Spanish, and ietnan~ese speakers present. The fallowing questions were used to guide the discussian~ Bilingual staff facilitated the meeting. anlments received are u~nari~ed below, how has having Dousing toucher enhanced or detracted from other areas of your life, besides housing? what impacts has paying only ~0°I~ of your income toward rr~onthly rent had on your household? ~ Helps us be able to faces on educat~Qn to become more self s~.fclent~ ~ with ies en~pioyent, and less wor1~ hours, lucky to pay only this portion towards rent. ~ Less worry l~nowing any housing is stable daring bad economic times. • I am able to afford a unit large enough far nay aruily, Previously, we were crowded in a small unit, • 1~ble to start ahome-based business, and save each month towards bu11d1n that business ~e.g, purchase equsprnent to expand landscaping business}. when you were choosing your present unit, did you experience any difficulties as a Voucher holder? Did any property owners or managers turn you away because you were a toucher holder? • an~e owners did not want t~vo payments per n~ar~th. • were not co.fortable with H standards and inspections. • did not want to negotiate rent with Housing Authority • Fearful of damage to unit based on rumors of assisted tenants, • ,Too much paperwork 1 taa many restrictions. • Not co~nfartable with time limits on repairs to unit ~abaternent}. • Best and newest apartments do not accept housing vouchers. • Asked to pay higher deposit than nQn-assisted tenants. • het offered shorter leases than ncn-assisted tenants. ~'hink shout your current home and your neighborhood, I i~ exactly where you would choose to live? ff you could live anywhere, where would it be? And why? • fJnit is great ~a hard to find ~-bedraon~~, but nergl~borhood is bad... crime, graffiti, and littering from nearby church and school.