Managing a rental property can be a stressful experience. That experience can be made significantly worse when you have rented to a bad tenant. In damages, destroys, or removes property from the rental unit, a landlord must take swift and well detailed actions if they plan on having the tenant held responsible for their actions.

Tenants that read their lease agreements understand that their landlord takes on a certain level of liability for basic things like making sure the living space is structurally sound, the appliances and utilities function correctly, and the tenant generally feels safe while inside the unit. But is the landlord liability for what happens to the tenant when he or she steps out of their unit? And what level of security does the landlord have to provide?

Lower-income individuals, the elderly, and disabled persons may apply for the US government’s housing choice voucher program, commonly referred to as Section 8. Under this program, participants can find their own housing which will be subsidized by the federal government.