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Account Closed New York State Restriction of Landlord Rights: Summary
23 September 2019 | 13 replies
Prohibits an RGB from setting longevity rentincreases.Part D: Repeals High Rent Deregulation, which allows units to be removedfrom rent regulation upon vacancy after the rent achieves a high rentthreshold; and Repeals High Income Deregulation provisions, which allowsunits to be removed from rent regulation if a tenant's income is$200,000 or more for two consecutive years.Part E: Sets the Preferential Rent as the base rent for the duration ofa tenancy, but preserves regulatory agreements that allow for legal rentincreases.Part F: Allows HCR or a court of competent jurisdiction to look back at6 years of rent history when determining rent overcharges, or a longerlook back period if it is reasonably necessary to make a determination.Eliminates the ability of an owner to escape punitive damages where theovercharges were willful.Part G: Enacts the "Statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019" to allowany city, town or village to opt-in to ETPA and provides the appointmentof the members of the new RGBs to be done by the opting-in munici-palities.Part H: Amends the maximum collectable rent increase formula thatapplies to Rent Control units to set annual increase at either an aver-age of the last five years of RGB increases, or 7.5%, whichever is less;and prohibits Fuel Pass-Along charges for rent-controlled tenants.Part I: Reforms the personal use exclusion to limit the number of unitsan owner can take out of rent regulation, and requires the use to be animmediate and compelling necessity for use as a primary residence.Part J: Ensures that units rented by nonprofits to provide housing tohomeless or previously homeless people revert to rent regulation at theend of the use by the nonprofit, and that the previously homeless personor persons are treated as tenants for purposes of the law.Part K: Major Capital Improvement (MCI) & Individual Apartment Improve-ment (IAI) Reforms*Limits approvals to work for essential building functions and otherimprovements (e.g, heat, plumbing, windows, roofing); exclude mainte-nance.
Ivan Sing Section 8 background check rental advise
13 August 2019 | 6 replies
She is a veteran and was homeless at one point of time in 2013 but since has gotten her life in order and has rented 2 houses for 3 years each in Lancaster CA.
Rory M. Do tenants need access to Electrical Panel (2 units)
6 October 2019 | 4 replies
(I found this out because I had tried barricading off an exterior access door which homeless people were breaking into so they could sleep in the basement.
Samuel Iwu Buying Real Estate with Cash. The safe snowball effect
3 January 2022 | 72 replies
Any left over amount Uncle Sam and your state governor will help you by investing a portion in pothole repair lunch breaks, subsidizing the care of dogs owned by the homeless and conducting study to establish if a study is needed to study the effect late night/early morning traffic has on marsupial wildlife living near the freeway.
Kim Maldonado how to fix my current home and purchase a 2-5 unit dwelling?
31 July 2019 | 4 replies
I knew that sooner or later, I would need to make some repairs to the home but I was just happy I had a place to call my own where the rent wouldn't continue to raise and I could avoid being homeless or over extended paying someone else's mortgage.
Scott Kidd Section 8 housing multi family rentals
26 August 2019 | 14 replies
The program is fantastic here in Los Angeles as they have special programs here that give me the opportunity to help out veterans and homeless people that are trying to put their lives back together.
Shawn Rogers II Eager To Learn Everything I Can
2 August 2019 | 2 replies
I want to supply people with jobs by hiring out some of the work, having a crew that runs houses with me, have property managers to help with the rentals, starting an electrical business as well to do all my own electrical, help out the homeless with jobs where I can.
Brandon Moreau Buying a rental that tenant didnt pay rent.
7 August 2019 | 16 replies
It is very dangerous with all the homeless people to have a vacant property.
Neil Narayan Austin City Manager proposes 8% jump in property tax!
7 August 2019 | 5 replies
They are already getting flack from the constituents that reside around the new homeless shelter...nimby. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/this-is-not-transparency-south-austin-neighbors-gather-to-speak-out-about-proposed-homeless-shelter/269-cd4bd6bf-1c52-41c4-b0c5-cea8c4040712That said, maybe that building won't be purchased and the city will just have to find other means of dealing with the homeless folks.
Mike Medhane Section 8 Housing Pros/Cons
17 August 2019 | 4 replies
I get very low tenant turnover and if I place a homeless veteran, I am able to get well above market rate.