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Anybody familiar with eligibility requirements for section 8 in California?

My senior grandmother has been on the list for section 8, and her notice just came that she is next to receive a voucher after she fills out a boat load of forms. One of the forms says the following" "authorization to obtain credit report, I authorize the housing authority to obtain my credit profile for purposes of determining my eligibility for the section 8 program" Does this mean if her credit is bad that she won't receive her section 8?

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1. It could. But HUD requires a credit check on anyone receiving a section 8. Most of these forms are just for records and I know there are a boat load of them and she will have to fill them out again next year and every year she receives assistance Go ahead and authorize the credit check or you can be sure it will be denied
2. You can't be white/caucasion or college educated. That's 3 strikes against you. At least that is what I was once told when I survived a battle for my life with perontinitis from a burst appendix and had to go on medical leave without any medical benefits or income because I missed 5 months of work while I fought for my life. Because I was white/caucasion, college educated and didn't have any young children at home...I got turned down and almost ended up in the streets. Now, I've worked since I was 17, attended and paid my own way through college and university, had already raised my son on my own and paid his way through college and university...and paid my taxes every year...the system turned me down, even for welfare when I had a grushong and tubes sticking out of my chest...they said no. And yet any one else from any other race can get it without all the extra criteria. There's a problem here. I've worked all my life and paid my way and everyone elses way in life...not even when I was fighting for my life...did they help me because I was white, college educated and had no children living at home with me. Hmmmm