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8 November 2021 | 25 replies
You don’t need to look too far into the future or dig too hard to imagine legislation severely impacting these units.
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4 May 2010 | 47 replies
It's the fact that government agencies are typical in purposefully leaving their guidelines open to interpretation even when it becomes law, so such agency can "legislate enforcement and subsequent punishment from the bench", a very precarious position indeed.
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1 June 2018 | 4 replies
I would be more concerned with zoning and legislation.
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27 September 2017 | 3 replies
Of course whether you want to do this or not depends on your income and individual tax rate (and whether the legislation is passed and what it actually looks like when passed).
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2 December 2021 | 61 replies
Some states revamped their landlord tenant law legislation due to... have you heard of covid and eviction moratoriums?
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3 October 2021 | 22 replies
Statement to this effect must be included on rental application.Seattle city council has passed legislation that will extend eviction bans for 6 months after the end of the Mayor’s emergency ordersNo rent increases or notices to increase rent through 6/30/21 (retroactive to 2/29/2020).Do not give notice of rent increase or offer renewal with rent increase, even if actual increase is set to take place after 6/30/21.A landlord, property owner or property manager of manufactured housing may now provide a notice of rent increase to a tenant if the rent increase was included as terms of the lease agreement and the notice clearly states that the rent increase will not take place until after the moratorium expires.No enforcement of rent payment if tenant was unable to occupy premises due to COVID-19 related circumstances.No charging of late fees through 6/30/21 effective retroactively to February 29, 2020, for rent not paid during the ban.Seattle: No late fees or interest.Auburn: No late fees or other charges.No collection of debt incurred after 2/29/2020 without offer of reasonable payment plan, including use of security deposit until after 6/30/21.Seattle: Must offer uniform payment plans: ≤1 month overdue = 3 installments; 2 months overdue = 5 installments; > 2 months overdue = 6 installments; or other mutually agreed plan.Auburn: Payment plan must be proven reasonable based on tenant's financial situation.
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12 October 2023 | 30 replies
I think the Attorneys General of several states will take interest.I've watched a few of the videos, it's demonstrably Bad Training, False Hopes, Overleveraging, unsophisticated lenders ("gator lenders" formerally known as "gap" lenders and "bridge loans" who get burned) and that will lead to disasters and more legislation.
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6 November 2022 | 30 replies
(e) Functions of SecretaryThe Secretary of Housing and Urban Development shall--(1) make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative communities, urban, suburban, and rural, throughout the United States;(2) publish and disseminate reports, recommendations, and information derived from such studies, including an annual report to the Congress--(A) specifying the nature and extent of progress made nationally in eliminating discriminatory housing practices and furthering the purposes of this title, obstacles remaining to achieving equal housing opportunity, and recommendations for further legislative or executive action; and(B) containing tabulations of the number of instances (and the reasons therefor) in the preceding year in which--(i) investigations are not completed as required by section 810(a)(1)(B);(ii) determinations are not made within the time specified in section 810(g); and(iii) hearings are not commenced or findings and conclusions are not made as required by section 812(g);(3) cooperate with and render technical assistance to Federal, State, local, and other public or private agencies, organizations, and institutions which are formulating or carrying on programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices;(4) cooperate with and render such technical and other assistance to the Community Relations Service as may be appropriate to further its activities in preventing or eliminating discriminatory housing practices;(5) administer the programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the policies of this subchapter; and(6) annually report to the Congress, and make available to the public, data on the race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, handicap, and family characteristics of persons and households who are applicants for, participants in, or beneficiaries or potential beneficiaries of, programs administered by the Department to the extent such characteristics are within the coverage of the provisions of law and Executive orders referred to in subsection (f) which apply to such programs (and in order to develop the data to be included and made available to the public under this subsection, the Secretary shall, without regard to any other provision of law, collect such information relating to those characteristics as the Secretary determines to be necessary or appropriate).
19 December 2022 | 7 replies
It was the second-largest cryptocurrency seizure by the DOJ.On Friday, Zhong, 32, pleaded guilty to scamming the Silk Road, a now-defunct website located on the dark web where users could purchase illicit goods and services using bitcoin, in September 2012.AGENCY HEADS CALL FOR LEGISLATION GRANTING GREATER AUTHORITY TO REGULATE CRYPTOHe was able to scam Silk Road out of the cryptocurrency, which was used as currency on the site, by depositing bitcoin into multiple fraud accounts registered with the marketplace and then triggering more than 100 withdrawal transactions in quick succession in order to trick Silk Road’s withdrawal-processing system into releasing tens of thousands of bitcoins, according to the DOJ.
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29 January 2023 | 7 replies
If you are in WA, please make a comment for the committee and write your legislators.