they contacted her by mail with questions such as how much my rent is and how i pay it.Also
listed the amount of debt i owed and told her she could face arrest if she didn’t comply with answering their letter and submitting it in 10 days

I couldn’t pay rent this month but I finally got enough money to pay it and the late fees. But my apartment landlord stated that they won’t accept the payment cuz it got pushed to court and that I need to pay an extra $375 for the attorney fee before they will take my payment. I live in an apartment in Ohio and it’s a section 8. I was just wondering if I should pay the fee? I have the money but I don’t want to because it can very well go towards my rent for next month. I’ll be dirt broke if I have to pay it. I have limited work hours and am trying to find another job but with no avail. I read somewhere that section 8 housing is government funded which means that what the rent is stated on the lease is what it is and no matter what the lease says about attorney fee or not they can’t evict me if I have rent money but can’t pay the attorney fee. Is this true in Ohio? Also, what can I do to make them show me proof that there is such an attorney and fee if I do have to pay?
Unfortunately I don’t need answers saying “you don’t get special treatment” or “why don’t you have money to pay”. If you read carefully I state my hours a work were cut and I am havig a hard time finding a second job because of the economy. Also I’m not looking for special treatment I just wanted to understand the laws of rent and real estate better. I am avoiding to pay the fee because I don’t want to not have money for rent next month if I still can’t find a second job. So anyone with anything else negative to say I don’t need to hear it. I got my answers from the nice people here who are helpful and actually answer questions not read poorly and criticize.
P.S I am not putting screws in the people who trusted me to sign the contract. The economic situation hasn’t improved and I’ve actually lost job hours and can’t find another job quick enough. Everybody will fall on hard times it’s not like I didn’t pay my rent in advance before. I’m struggling, not conning people.

I am the landlord, I am going to the courthouse to file an eviction notice on my tenant. I would like to know EXACTLY what I will need to bring to the actual court hearing. This is the situation, this is not a normal circumstance:

Ther person renting is someone who is a friend of a friend that I owed a very big favor to. There is NO LEASE. I was giving them a very reasonable break on the rent, like a couple hundred less than I would normally rent it for.

They stopped paying 2 months ago, and it has come to the point where I must evict. This person has not returned a call, email, letter, or anything. I sent a 3 day notice like 2 weeks ago.

I have the persons name and phone number, but we never did a form giiving me his social security number or anything like that.

I am evicting for non-payment.

Please be as specific as possible. I don’t want to spend 600 on a lawyer when this certainly seems like a very easy eviction.

I am just thinking I need copies of the forms I file, and a copy of the 3 day notice I sent.

What else could I possibly need? Do I need to bring something that shows the house is in my name? I just don’t want to forget something stupid and have to do it all over again.

Any help will be appreciated, thanks.
There is no “evidence”. I can’t prove he didn’t pay. He needs ot prove that he DID.