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Category: Tenant Screening
Washington Governor Signs Sweeping New Eviction Bill – Rental Housing Journal
A sweeping new eviction bill has been signed by Washington Gov. Jay Inslee requiring landlords to give tenants 14 days to respond to an eviction notice instead of the current three days. The bill also allows judges to impose payment plans, so that tenants can remain in their homes while they repay what they owe. […]
Fair Tenant Screening & How To Comply
Please click link for full PDF Flyer: http://www.orcainfo-com.com/uploads/AprilNARPMflyer.pdf Rebekah Near , CEO of Orca Information, has been providing screening services for 26 years and brings a wealth of industry experience and clarity to this complicated topic. Participants will learn: · How Washington State assists tenants using the Fair Tenant Screening Act · How a Tenant […]
Fair Tenant Screening & How To Comply
Rebekah Near , CEO of Orca Information, has been providing screening services for 26 years and brings a wealth of industry experience and clarity to this complicated topic. Participants will learn: · How Washington State assists tenants using the Fair Tenant Screening Act · How a Tenant Selection Policy streamlines the application process · Why a policy […]
NAHMA HUD Update: Follow-up HUD shutdown information
HUD HQ requested that we share the email below, as this email message was recently sent to O/As with contracts facing immediate funding lapses. This week, NAHMA, our industry partners, and national media outlets learned that an estimated 1,150 contracts were not renewed prior to government shutdown, despite HUD’s assurances prior to government shutdown. Specifically, HUD was […]
Lapse In Funding For HUD Multifamily Due To Government Shutdown – Rental Housing Journal
Federal Unpaid Workers Owe $438 Million In Rent And Mortgage Payments This Month The effects of the federal government shutdown on the housing market are wide-ranging and personal — unpaid workers still have to pay their rent or mortgage, while aspiring homeowners might see their loans in limbo, according to research from Zillow. About 800,000 unpaid […]
Judge: Landlord must pay $220,000 for discriminating against ill tenant
A federal judge has ordered an Indianapolis landlord to pay $220,000 for discriminating against a sick tenant. U.S. District Court Judge William T. Lawrence ruled July 3 that Carolyn Smitley must pay about $220,000 in actual and punitive damages for violating the rights of Carolyn McGuffin, who was ill and confined to a hospital bed in her apartment. Smitley, […]
Northern California Landlord Charged With Shooting Tenant.
A Northern California landlord has been charged with trying to kill a tenant in the third such violent incident between renters and property owners in recent weeks in a region mired in an affordable housing crisis. In this booking photo released Wednesday, June 20, 2018, by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office is Herman Levi Little, […]
Portland landlord is going to jail, after losing his last appeal of conviction in fire that killed 6
Gregory Nisbet, acquitted of manslaughter, got a 90-day sentence for a misdemeanor safety violation in his building on Noyes Street, the site of Portland’s deadliest fire in four decades. Assistant Attorney General Bud Ellis said the case of landlord Gregory Nisbet, left, has made property owners more vigilant about fire safety. Staff file photo by Ben […]
Tenant arrested in death of woman found in Kauai home
COURTESY OF KAUAI POLICE DEPARTMENT Peter Grewer was arrested for suspicion of murder in the second degree after he allegedly killed a woman found dead in her home on Tuesday. Kauai police arrested Peter Grewer, 62, of Omao, after he allegedly killed a woman found dead in her home on Tuesday. The victim has been […]