inspection and her attorney asked the court to take judicial notice of the three violations HPD
issued. After filing that HP Action, Respondent testified that she went back to the management
office to request a lease for the subject apartment. Ms. Roman told her she would not be getting
that lease, that Petitioner would not accept her rent anymore and they would "put me in
holdover". When asked if she had any interaction after March 6, 2017 with management
regarding the relocation apartment, or if she ever returned to it, Respondent answered no.
From that point on Respondent paid rent at the rate of $549 because Ms. Roman had told her
that was the amount to pay. When asked if she received any documents after March 6, 2017
stating what rent she was supposed to pay at the subject apartment or if she received any
notification that her HUD subsidy had been suspended Respondent answered no. Respondent
testified that she did not know that her subsidy had been terminated, saying "nobody ever told
me".
When asked why she did not move to the relocation apartment Respondent answered that it
was because of the violations there. Over the years Petitioner has delayed making repairs and
Respondent has had to take Petitioner to Housing Court and arrange on her own for work to be
done. Based on that experience she had no faith that Petitioner would make the repairs that were
needed in the new apartment. Respondent testified, "I can understand HUD rules and regulations,
but when you're doing a transfer don't put me in a dump house thinking that I'm going to fix that
apartment again, because I'm not." Also, Petitioner gave her only two weeks to move, which was
not enough time given that she works and needed more time to take things down like vertical
blinds and mirrors.