MILWAUKEE — Some Section 8 tenants in Milwaukee are facing eviction as ongoing payment and communication problems plague the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee (HACM), leaving landlords unpaid and families on the brink of homelessness.

Property manager John Flessas, owner of JS Urban Management, said he has never experienced dysfunction in the four decades he's been a landlord and property manager for Section 8 voucher tenants.

"I honestly have never seen anything like this before. I mean, we're teetering on not using Section 8 anymore," Flessas said.

Last year, HACM was forced to outsource its Section 8 program. In January, CVR Associates took over managing that program.

"It started getting difficult when the new management company came in," Flessas said.

In one case, Flessas

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