You must trust their authority in granting or denying your request.A "use variance" may be your answer.

But if the non-profit was legit and there was a real purpose for the public good, there may be an alternative that would be "authorized". :)

Since the owner is leaving, I'd try to get title with a Sub-2 and then lease it as that will give you the authority to make repairs, improvements, contract labor, address assessments and any legal matter that arise like code violations.

I work in Property Management for HOA's, and a situation arose a few months ago that I found quite interesting.An elderly owner of a unit within one of the HOA's we manage, was taken away by authorities because he was not deemed fit to take care of himself (severe dementia).

You should call the taxing authority, since they are financing the arrears, there could be ownership or tenancy requirements, might see if you can assume that schedule.

Brandon Turner Taking pictures through someone's windows, whether nude or not is ILLEGAL, and you can call authorities to report that.

., you are of course correct in that, generally speaking (almost a law of physics), no taxing authority willingly gives up revenue and taxes trend upwards.

I have no problem with people selling educational material, if it is good quality material then it will help both the buyer and author make a living.

You'll find that a repair, like a roof, will require the owner in title to contract, an option does not such authority as a power of attorney could.

@Eric Liu & @Brent WatsonWhere the Federal rules come into play is for Section 8 housing governed y HUD rules and Fair Housing Authority complaints.Otherwise the FBI is not coming to your house and counting bodies, unless you're like the house in Houston this week where there were 100 illegal aliens in one 3 bedroom house.