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You can try the City of Springfield Resource Center, 417-864-1010.

Unfortunately, you just have to annoy the city (police and code enforcement) into action. As soon as Housing knows the lease/ voucher holder is not living there, they don’t pay. It’s unusual for H.A.S to pay months in advance. It was probably SAFR or one of the other charities shoving out federal Covid funds. It sucks but there’s little anyone can do.

Thank you

Thank you. It seems like fraud to me if the landlord takes vouchers for rent knowing that the person is incarcerated but I don't know if it actually is. The HUD office is supposed to call back Monday, so hopefully we'll get more info.

You might inquire at the Attorney General's office.

https://ago.mo.gov/about-us/contact-us

Missouri is so landlord friendly you’re just screwed

LMAO. Motherfuckers won’t close a “school” where children are tortured and sexually assaulted, but sure, give them a call. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄

I'm always amazed when people believe they have the right to dictate others private property, or in this case, terms of lease.

I get being frustrated by dickhead neighbors who are trashy or inconsiderate, but if they aren't breaking the law they're just assholes.

If they do break the law, call it in. If you believe a code is being broken, report it, but outside of that you don't have the right to dictate how people live or where.

That's the trade off of living in a city...having to deal with people.

Always a minute late?

Let's see if I can help you better understand.

1. As previously stated, the person who is on the lease IS INCARCERATED. This person is being held indefinitely pending federal charges.
2. The people who are occupying the house are basically squatters who aren't paying rent and aren't on the lease.
3. These people are known drug dealers and criminals with publicly available mug shots.
4. They have been observed selling drugs. They have been observed strung out, passed out, and behaving erratically.
5. The cops are called, frequently and by all of the neighbors, and the cops have been very responsive when they are called. The parts I didn't include in my original post:
6. It's not just being trashy or inconsiderate. The neighbor kids found a dead dog in the backyard when they went to retrieve a toy that had gone over the fence. The dog had been abandoned by its owner and died in the backyard because none of the squatters noticed it or they just didn't care.
7. They evidently have a scanner because when the cops are called, they either go silent in the house and don't answer the door, or they fix whatever the issue is that caused the cops to be called. In one case, the cops were called about a parking violation. Within minutes of the call, someone ran out, fixed the problem and ran back in. Got it?

Email your PAR officer.

https://www.springfieldmo.gov/998/Contact-My-PAR-Officer

PAR officer has been involved and as helpful as he can be.

What is HUD?

Is this off of grant and Douglas st? Or near?

Wait what school?

We've had luck with BDS https://www.springfieldmo.gov/163/Building-Development-Services

They are part of the city and build cases to remove people from properties legally and sell them to people who will reclaim the space for better use - to my understanding.

Call and lodge complaints, identify evidence of broken laws.

Agape Boarding School near Stockton.

You've got shitty neighbors, I got it.

They're doing illegal shit and staying a step ahead of LE and their nosy neighbors, I got it.

What I don't get is how you know the circumstances of your neighbors lease or current rental status when you apparently can't contact the owner, and the supposed leasee is incarcerated.

In any scenario, neighbors don't have the authority to enforce a lease, thats between the property owner and the leasee...I don't think you get it.

The law breaking and suspicious activity is a problem, unfortunately, all you can do is continue to report it.

Oh shit. I did hear about that I though you were saying IN Springfield

This won't do a fucking thing to push his agenda of "owning the libs" so it won't get touched

If anyone knows of any good landlords let me know. I'm a single mom, 2 kids and my lease Is up in July. They raised my apartment to 1000k a month and I hardly have money left at the end of the month. It's getting crazy out here. Been eating Ramen and peanut butter since summer. I hate how expensive Springfield is getting.

It's a government agency that helps people with housing. Housing and Urban Development.

Are you saying that neighbors being concerned about what's going on is just them being nosy, really? And they should just mind their own business and leave every one else alone?

I feel like you haven't ever lived in a neighborhood where the neighbors actually know each other, get along, and generally look out for each other and the best interest of the neighborhood. Bless your heart.

The occupants have been very talkative about their free living situation. The lessee was there long enough to have some interactions with the neighbors before she disappeared suddenly and these other people took over. The rest of the information has come from a variety of sources, other people who know the owner, the other neighbors, etc.

The owner is a well-known person in the community, a former realtor and worked at a local TV News station. The neighbors aren't trying to enforce the lease at all, they started out just trying to let the owner know what was going on because they thought the owner would want to know about the squatters, the illegal activity and the very likely possibility that the property is being damaged by people who have no financial or other obligation to fix it. The longer they are there, the more problems and damage the landlord will incur.

It's well past the point of trying to work together with the owner because the owner is nonresponsive. These people were seen emptying gas cans on the driveway in front of the house and in the yard while wasted out of their minds. Of course, they were nowhere to be found when the cops showed up and even though they could smell the gas fumes, the cops couldn't do anything. If the squatters blow themselves up and burn down a couple houses in the process, it's no skin off your nose but it's an entirely different situation for the neighbors you think are just being nosy.

What I don't understand is why you didn't just keep scrolling if you didn't have any actual constructive advice or suggestions to share, seeing as how you're such a fan of the "mind your business" approach?

No, this is in the general area of Battlefield and S. Campbell.

Thank you!

>Thank you!

You're welcome!

Call Ashley Reynolds at KY3

When you call the cops in the future, ask them not to announce the address, explain that the neighbors have a police scanner.

Called, emailed, called again. No response.

Yes, that's what the PAR officer recommended going forward, so we hope that will work if/when they are called again. 🤞🤞

https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=579.105

Thank you!

>Thank you!

You're welcome!