Tenant is Trying to Break Lease - Advice/Insight

[Jenny Sung]

Hi I need some advice/insight regarding a property in the Greater Houston area with a Section 8 tenant.

I'm almost 100% sure that the tenant is planning to break the lease. 

We had some pending maintenance items and we were waiting for the parts to get in. I have been unable to reach the tenant for about 2 weeks now. 

Putting this out there to get everyone's opinions:

• Do I have any leverage in this situation?
• Should I start evictions?
• What is the best way to insulate myself financially from a broken lease?

[Joe Splitrock]

Originally posted by @Jenny Sung:

Hi I need some advice/insight regarding a property in the Greater Houston area with a Section 8 tenant.

I'm almost 100% sure that the tenant is planning to break the lease. 

We had some pending maintenance items and we were waiting for the parts to get in. I have been unable to reach the tenant for about 2 weeks now. 

Putting this out there to get everyone's opinions:

• Do I have any leverage in this situation?
• Should I start evictions?
• What is the best way to insulate myself financially from a broken lease?

 If it is section 8 then the check would come from the government. Have you been in contact with their section 8 case worker? They would need to notify them if they were leaving and I assume they would not be allowed to break the lease.