Housing is Getting Weirder
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (189793)
Boise, Idaho
December 4, 2025 3:48pm CST
So I have posted several times in the last few months about how Housing has been going downhill and even getting a bit weird. Each year about this time, after filling out our recertification, we get a letter telling us how much we will be paying in rent for the next year and how much Housing will be paying due to our Section 8, beginning in January. We get the letter; I adjust the rent for the next year and go forward with life. Right? Nope. In a few days we get another letter saying that the actual amount they ask for this apartment is going up $70+! Okay. So, I readjust the rent amount in my paperwork for the second time and move on. You'd think that would be the end of it. Nope. Another came today (yes, #3) saying they were extending the amount we'd be paying out until February. Okay. On the off chance that Housing might pick up some of the slack. I won't hold my breath.
What really gets me is that the COLA amount we get extra in my daughter's and my Social Security isn't even that much. Go figure.
Never any extra. Just barely staying above water. I've just never quite gotten used to this fact of life. The bills just keep going up and up.
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@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
4 Dec
I got a letter November 30th telling me to come in for my appointment December 2nd. I call to reschedule because that’s not enough time, and I already had an appointment. She’s like, well, we sent that letter in October, how are you just now getting it?
You tell me lady! This letter is postmarked November 25th!
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec
How weird. Sounds like my situation here. They don't seem to know what they are doing.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
4 Dec
I'm sorry that's happening to you there and hope they get their shiite together and stop doing weird stuff. But that's a pipe dream, in my opinion. All companies are weird anymore.
We did our recertification in the first of October and just got the letter two weeks ago telling us our new rent amount. It went down by $30 a month.
I got a call from Freedom Care (Freedom Care is the company that gets paid by Medicaid and are the ones in charge of making sure Pretty helps me when I can't see.) this afternoon saying they were adding 45 minutes to Pretty's work schedule and wanted to know when would be a good time to add that time to her schedule. I ask them to hold for a minute while I got Pretty so she could make that decision. The lady on the phone didn't want to talk to Pretty but I laid the phone down and called for Pretty to take the call...So her paycheck will go up by 45 minutes a month now. 
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
4 Dec
@noni1959 Thanks. We were really getting worried when the government shut down. We're still worried trump will do something to screw up either Pretty's paychecks or our housing assistance.
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@noni1959 (13009)
• United States
4 Dec
@DaddyEvil I hope it doesn't happen. I know the government can shut down again the end of January. I am a retired federal worker and we were always on pins and needles the end of each fiscal year (September), and at the end of January when an extension was given.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Dec
I am thankful to the Lord for getting from month to month,
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
5 Dec
Lately it seems like no one is getting a break. Maybe we can blame the current administration. I hope it works out for you.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec
I think that the administration isn't helping any of run smoother. That is for sure.
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@kaylachan (84701)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
5 Dec
That's how the cost of living works I'm afraid. Social security is not designed to be livable. It's supposed to supliment a secondary or primary income. For many (myself included) it's more the main sorce, but it's in all how you budget and put money away.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec
Isn't it though. Yes, it is supposed to be a supplement but for many it is all they have. I wish I could put some money away.
@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec
That is very sad. I'm sure we have some of that here as well.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89450)
• Rupert, Idaho
4 Dec
We know that feeling very well...though not getting a letter about the amount for an apartment going up a big amount. Thankfully our rent is only going up $1 from what it was last year.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89450)
• Rupert, Idaho
6 Dec
@celticeagle But actually up $8 from what it changed to in August...I hate the halfway through change lol
@MarieCoyle (59105)
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5 Dec
My rent goes up every January. Pretty much it’s always about the exact same amount as my SSI raise. So it’s just expected at this point.
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@celticeagle (189793)
• Boise, Idaho
6 Dec
Ours does too. Just getting less and less help from the Section 8 people. My situation here is pretty much the same as yours. Very frustrating.
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@MarieCoyle (59105)
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7 Dec
@celticeagle
Mine isn't section 8 but I can sympathize. Even though we lack in the management department, I am so thankful for the decent maintenance man we have. And that he's good, and as fast as he can manage. And yes, dealing with the management, especially when we can't find one to deal with, is not fun. So many here have no active management and it's concerning.
