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Jia Lin Mechanic's Lien Risk from Subcontractors - Cook County, IL
29 April 2020 | 10 replies
We need legislation help to protect us and the consumers. 
Zach Fetcko Emergency Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Legislation
19 May 2020 | 2 replies

https://omar.house.gov/sites/omar.house.gov/files/Omar%20-%20Rent%20%26%20Mortgage%20Cancellation%20Act%20-One%20Pager%20and%20Legislative%20Framework.pdf

An Act has been proposed that would stop payments on mortag...

Jon Thomas Ling Canadian Real Estate investor advice
25 April 2020 | 3 replies
Hi @Jon Thomas Ling.I would say basic principles are the same, but there are differences in legislation that may require different approaches. 
Joe Carter Searching for renter during coronavirus
25 April 2020 | 2 replies
I also saw some things coming up and some legislation saying no rent for the next year and mortgages also.
Amber Gonion St. Paul follows Minneapolis lead in limiting landlord rights
18 June 2020 | 11 replies
They keep moving it.  ..Title Creating Chapter 193 of the Legislative Code (Title XIX) pertaining to Tenant Protections...BodySection 1WHEREAS, under City Council RES 89-1273, the Council directed the creation of a fair housing workgroup to make policy and budget recommendations “with the goal of eliminating housing disparities, lowering barriers to affordable housing, and ensuring access to economic opportunity in the City of Saint Paul”; andWHEREAS, under City Council RES 17-2064, the Council directed the development of a fair housing strategic plan “to continue to research and work with housing partners on strategies to further Fair Housing goals such as...improved tenant protections, Tenant Remedies Actions, Advance Notice of Sale policy, gentrification studies, just cause eviction, non-discrimination policies, and others”; andWHEREAS, under City RES 18-1204, the City Council acknowledged that “the housing crisis in our city and region, and the urgent need to address the crisis as our population grows,”; and WHEREAS, in 2019 the City created the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, with five objectives: to meet the needs of those with the lowest incomes by increasing supply; to invest in low and moderate income residents by investing in existing supply; to explore innovative approaches to meeting housing needs; to build wealth for residents and communities; and to promote fair access to housing for us all; and .WHEREAS, in 2019, the Office of Financial Empowerment, which housed the Fair Housing Coordinator Position, was created and subsequently developed the framework for a citywide fair housing strategy identifying decreasing housing displacement, increasing housing access and affirmatively furthering fair housing as the overall objectives; and WHEREAS, Tenant Protections is one of four focus areas including education and engagement, enforcement and compliance, and preservation and production, to address strategy objectives based on the current housing landscape; andWHEREAS, stagnant wages, skyrocketing rents, a lack of affordable housing, and a consistently low housing vacancy rate are making it harder for Saint Paul residents to find housing and to afford it over time; and WHEREAS, the number of renters has increased by 12 percent from 2000-2016 and the City of Saint Paul has now become a renter-majority city, with 51% (57,621) of City residents being renters; and WHEREAS, renters are disproportionately people of color and are disproportionately representative of individuals from low wealth backgrounds; andWHEREAS, demographically 83% of African-American households are renting, compared to 41% of White households; and WHEREAS, more than half of our renter households earn 60 percent or less of the Area Median Income, and more than half of our renter households of color earn 30 percent or less of the Area Median Income; andWHEREAS, in St.
Kyle Altenau Should I join the American Association of Private Lenders?
21 June 2020 | 2 replies
They just helped kill AB2501 in CA, the onerous private lender legislation in Florida, and are currently lobbying against the anti-flipping tax increases in New York.
Patty Capson Eviction Moratorium Bill in Colorado
18 June 2020 | 6 replies
How such short sighted legislation can get introduced to begin with is mind boggling 
Jack B. How WOULD you evict for reasons other than non-payment of rent?
19 June 2020 | 2 replies
I'm getting more and more worried given the legislation the socialists are trying to pass.
Marcus Johnson Emotional suppor animal joke
19 June 2020 | 17 replies
True objective processes ensure a level playing field that can be referree'd through the efficient enforcement and legislation of our democracy. 
Ryan Becker Notarizing purchase documents abroad
21 June 2020 | 13 replies
Many passed emergency legislation allowing it during COVID.