September 2023 Fultondale Calendar

Thought for the Month
"The things you do for yourself are gone when you are gone, but the things you do for others remain as your legacy."  - Kalu Ndukwe Kalu

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 (14) days to pay your rent and any other charges due. If the rent and other charges including late fee is not paid when the 14 days are up, your lease is terminated. If you have not moved out at the end of the 14 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 judgement 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 return 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. Mail to: JCHA P.O. Box 628 Fultondale AL. 35068. Be sure it is completely filled in and filled in RIGHT. Always sign your check or money order even if the money order has no signature line! Always sign at the extreme lowest space on the bottom right hand side. Remember, once you mail it you don't have control over when it will actually be delivered and the Housing Authority doesn't have control of it until we actually 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 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 termination of your subsidy. If you are a community service participate, please contact Mrs. Davis @ 205-841-4573 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 September must be turned into the management office between the 1st and 9th of October. You can deliver your forms by walk-in, or fax to: 647-8469, or emailed to JCHA. 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 unleased pet, or one tied to a fixed object, is not considered to be under the control of an adult. Pets which 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.

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 AND EXPIRED TAGS will be towed off of the property within seven (7) days. The cost to recover the vehicle will be at the owner's expense.

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

Furniture pick up is Wednesday morning starting at 7:00. Please do not put any furniture out until Tuesday evening.
NO EXCEPTIONS

September 1 Rent is Due! Garbage Pick up
September 4 Labor Day, Mgt offices closed
September 5 Inspections/Pest control Fultondale and Hickory Grove
September 6 Discard Furniture Day
September 8 Garbage Pick up
September 10 Happy Grandparents Day
September 11 Rent is Late! $25 Late fee charged
September 11 Inspections/Pest control Brookside and Red Hollow
September 13 Discard Furniture Day
September 15 Garbage Pick up
September 20 Discard Furniture Day
September 22 Garbage Pick up
September 24 Get renters insurance for any unforeseen incidents or accidents. Protect yourself and your personal property
September 27 Discard Furniture Day
September 29 Garbage Pick up

Mail Rent and other payments to:
JCHA P.O. Box 628
Fultondale, AL 35068