
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.
16 June 2020 | 11 replies
If you are represented by a real estate agent I would have a very serious talk with them.if you don’t already own home I would look to a bank that will approve you for house hacking.

22 June 2020 | 4 replies
@Alice Ay I am not sure what fee an agent would settle on because it would be impossible for them to represent you in the transaction and only forward emails.

15 June 2020 | 3 replies
I think the agents were so anxious to sell, they didn't consult the probate attorney representing the estate.

23 June 2020 | 5 replies
thanks for the post on this as I read "agent" as a "representative of the owner", thanks for clearing that up!

23 June 2020 | 8 replies
I represent mostly VA buyers and sellers, so I can speak to the VA guidlelines on cesspool vs septic.

16 June 2020 | 10 replies
If I represent a seller, to determine legitimacy of the offer (unfortunately people have tied up property without funding) I'd ask for POF in an amount = down payment + closing costs.Get an account statement from where you keep your funds at on their letterhead.

17 June 2020 | 3 replies
My primary focus is RE investment and analysis; however, I maintain my RE Sales license as a means to represent myself in transactions and to be a resource to like-minded investors in their transactions.

21 June 2020 | 2 replies
There are a lot of heavyweights in the room representing billions of dollars and everyone is pretty friendly.
22 February 2021 | 24 replies
"The swift and unprecedented impact of COVID-19 left many people in a financial emergency, and we want to make sure struggling homeowners know they have relief options, especially during Homeownership Month," said the National Association of Realtors President Vince Malta.homeowners are in mortgage forbearance plan - representing 7.54% of all mortgages, delinquencies are set to surpass the great recession, which peaked at 10%.