October 2023 Bessemer Calendar

Thought for the Month

"One small positive thought in the morning can change your whole day." - Unknown

Rent Payments:

Your rent becomes due on the first (1st) day of the month. If not paid by the ninth (9th) day of the month, you will be charged a $25 late fee. Beginning the tenth (10th day) of the month, when paying your rent, you MUST include an additional $25 to cover the late fee. After the 10th day, if your rent is not paid, including the $25.00 late fee, you will receive a RED lease termination notice, which states you have fourteen (30) days to pay your rent and any other charges due. If the rent and other charges, including the late fee, are not paid when the 30 days are up, your lease is terminated. If you have not moved out at the end of the 30 days, eviction documents will be sent to our attorney's office authorizing the attorney to go before a judge in a court of law to seek judgment for a court order to allow the Authority to take back possession of the unit and order you to move out. The attorney will notify you regarding the eviction and court date. You may choose to appear or not. After the court-ordered judgment for possession, you may receive a notice from the deputy sheriff only a few days before returning to complete your eviction by removing your personal items from the unit.

The first step to avoid any of the above is to pay your rent on time; that includes mailing it several days in advance to avoid being received late. MAKE MONEY ORDER OUT TO JCHA. Mail to: JCHA P.O. Box 1507 BESSEMER, Al. 35021. Be sure it is filled out and filled in CORRECTLY. Always sign your check or money order, even if the money order has no signature line ON FRONT! Always sign at the extreme lowest space on the bottom right-hand side. DO NOT SIGN THE BACK!!! Remember, once you mail it, you don't have control over when it will be delivered, and the Housing Authority doesn't have control of it until we receive it!

Recertification and Interims

Please call the management office to schedule appointments when notified to do so about your annual recertification or when you need to report changes regarding an increase or decrease in income, or when there is a change in your family composition-(a child moving out or a newborn baby).

Lease Violations

1. Poor House Keeping
2. Rent is due every month-not every two months, if not paid, your account will go to an attorney after the first month.
3. Roach Infestation: if one roach is found in your apartment "dead or alive," that is considered infestation. We will work on this together. (I now understand that some apartments need work)
4. Community Service hours are due every month. Not every 3-12 months. 8 Hours per Month. Your lease will not be renewed if you have not fulfilled all 96 hours of community service. Falsifying hours is a lease violation and could lead to the termination of your subsidy. If you are a community service participant, please contact Mrs. Sanders @ 205-426-8948 to check your status.
   

Community Service

All residents required to do community service must turn in their completed forms each month between the 1st and 9th of the month for the previous month. For example, community service hours completed in October must be turned in to the management office between the 1st and 9th of November. You can deliver your forms by walk-in or email to: F. Sanders or R. Gamble. Anyone needing additional forms can pick them up at the management office.

Pet Policy

Section I - Paragraph I(g): All authorized pets must be under the control of an adult. An unleashed pet, or one tied to a fixed object, is not considered to be under the control of an adult. Pets that are unleashed or leashed and unattended on HA property may be impounded and taken to the local Humane Society. It shall be the responsibility of the tenant to reclaim the pet at the expense of the tenant. Pets are not to be tied, scrapped of any kind or for any reason, and left outside alone at ANY TIME!! This is a Lease/Pet Policy violation and will be handled accordingly.

Section I -Paragraph 6: The tenant is solely responsible for cleaning up the waste of the pet within the dwelling and on the premises of the public housing development. If the pet is taken outside it must be on a leash at all times. If there is any visible waste by the pet, it must be disposed of in a plastic bag, securely tied, and placed in the garbage receptacle for your unit.

Vehicles

INOPERABLE, FLAT TIRES, NO TAG, ABANDON, JACKED/PROPED UP, AND EXPIRED TAGS will be towed off the property within 48 hours (2 days). The cost to recover the vehicle will be at the owner's expense.

Trash

Trash cans are to be pulled back to the unit after trash pickup on Friday. All trash cans on the curb on Monday will be charged $25.00 for noncompliance.

LARGE furniture pick-up are TUESDAY mornings starting at 7:00 AM. Please do not put any furniture out until MONDAY evening. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!!!

Get renter's insurance for any unforeseen incidents or accidents. Protect yourself and your personal property.

October 2023 Bessemer Calendar

October 1 Rent is Due
October 3 Discard LARGE Furniture Day Pickup
October 5 Inspections/Filter Change & Pest Control TERRACE MANOR I & II
October 6 Office Closed, Garbage Pick Up
October 10 Rent is Late $25 Late Fee Charged, Discard LARGE Furniture Day Pickup
October 12 Inspections/Filter Change & Pest Control OAK RIDGE
October 13 Office Closed, Garbage Pick Up
October 17 Discard LARGE Furniture Day Pickup
October 20 Office Closed, Garbage Pick Up
October 24 Discard LARGE Furniture Day Pickup
October 27 Office Closed, Garbage Pick Up
October 31 Discard LARGE Furniture Day Pickup, Happy Halloween
November 3 Office Closed, Garbage Pick Up

Mail Rent and Other Payments To: JCHA P.O. Box 1507 Bessemer, AL 35021

Office Hours: 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Mon-Thurs