A landlord found guilty of refusing to rent based on source of income would be guilty of a first-degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. 

My wife is worried that offering, and negotiating a property for sale without the knowledge or consent of the other owners is fraudulent and that I could be found guilty of selling real esate without a license. 

File a claim with your insurance company and let them go after the guilty party.

Guilty as charged.

It has been in the news and many of us have sat in these meetings pleading our cases to no avail. 

Reverse mortgage or not, they're going to have to plead their case soon so they can buy time to get it through the legal processes. 

For purposes of this division, in addition to any other type of unlawful and forcible detention of lands or tenements, such a detention may be determined to exist when both of the following apply:(a) A tenant fails to vacate residential premises within three days after both of the following occur:(i) The tenant's landlord has actual knowledge of or has reasonable cause to believe that the tenant, any person in the tenant's household, or any person on the premises with the consent of the tenant previously has or presently is engaged in a violation of Chapter 2925. or 3719. of the Revised Code, or of a municipal ordinance that is substantially similar to any section in either of those chapters, which involves a controlled substance and which occurred in, is occurring in, or otherwise was or is connected with the premises, whether or not the tenant or other person has been charged with, has pleaded guilty to or been convicted of, or has been determined to be a delinquent child for an act that, if committed by an adult, would be a violation as described in this division.

Again, you are not at fault and should not be required to pay his deductible, nor should you feel guilty for not paying it.

Simply put, for each non-paying tenant, the LL sends in a form signed by the tenant and has to settle for an 80% payout of the amount owed.In general (yes, am writing an article for my monthly eMailer, so criticism welcomed):1) Interfering with commercial and contract law – The moratoria go directly to the ability of two people to enter a contract (ie lease) and either being able to enforce the same contract.2) Rewarding bad behaviors and discouraging good – If this bill passes, most tenants that are diligent and follow the terms of their lease with payments are now wondering why they did it since those that are scofflaws gets a bailout.3) Arbitrarily cutting 20% of landlord debt – I don’t see prop taxes or city utilities being dropped 20% to reflect landlord shortfall4) Onus on innocent parties – We expect landlords to follow the laws which they do (try running into a tenant atty in court), however, now landlords need to plead on behalf of deadbeat tenants who can basically do nothing.

I also know that I need to be business minded about this but I also feel guilty having them vacate with everything going on.