Housing help-- Housing discrimination-legal advice section 8?

We live in an apartment building and the tenants under us have been purposely playing there musice everyday ALL DAY long...The reason they are doing it is because of our 2 children who play. My oldest son who is 4 is not here ALL day-- he is in school and doesnt come home until about 8:00 when his father picks him up. So it is usually just me and my 2 year old-- who makes some noise but not that much.we had a verbal agreement and his words were '; you can make as much noise as you want from 9 in the morning until 9 at night i dont care just give me the weekend';.so thats what we did. He has FORCED us out of our bedroom because thats where the music is. he has made threats to my family-- he claims he has guns.. we have called the police plenty of times who has done NOTHING... we have made 5 or 6 noise complaints in the past month. the landlord--who is this mans FATHER-- says nothing can be done. I knowww that he can evict him but he doesn't want to because it is his son. We have recordings of the date and time of the music-but i got fed up with keeping track of it all. I was wondering what can be done? Can I file a housing discrimination form??





I was reading it and it says i can based on the factor that I have children under the age of 18 in the home..also if i do what will happen? I do have section 8-is there anything they can do? and is there any legal steps i can take?Housing help-- Housing discrimination-legal advice section 8?
Of course the landlord is not going to take sides with you over his own son but I don't see that the landlord is practicing any form of discriimination against you. Call the Fair Housing agency to get the legal definition of discrimination in housing. You can take your voucher to another apartment that accepts Sec. 8. Next time get a lower floor apartment.Housing help-- Housing discrimination-legal advice section 8?
Would the landlord let you break the lease with a break-lease fee? Does he have a different apartment you could rent? July of next year is a long time from now.

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It won't hurt to inquire with Sec. 8 but don't be emotional about it.





Keep documenting the noise and don't call the police unless you are seriously threatened.
You have no basis for any sort of 'discrimination complaint', since there is no discrimination here. Your problem is a noisy tenant, with whom you share the building. If this tenant is not making noise during normal 'quiet time', there is not a lot you can do. I can only suggest that you find different living accommodations when your lease expires.
Your four year old son is out the home every weekday until 8:00 PM?





You and your husband should have both kids removed from your home. I can't imagine a 4 year old being out of the home 12 or more hours a day. Even foster care treats kids better than that.





Does you four year old ever eat a meal under your roof or is he on a government paid free breakfast, lunch, and dinner program.