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Property Management
Emerging Protected Class: Housing Voucher Holders & Others with Nontraditional Sources of Income (First in a Series)
  Over the next couple months, MHCO will focus on the most significant new FHA “protected classes.”  Analysis will explain the legal basis for extending FHA protection to the group and list the practical measures landlords can take to…
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Income, Protected Classes
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Child Care Facilities in Oregon Manufactured Housing Parks
  Question:   Oregon passed a law last year that prohibits housing providers from implementing community rules prohibiting residents from having daycare facilities in their homes.  Among other things, the law states that housing…
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Increases in Utility Charges by Provider in Manufactured Housing Facilities
  Question: I’m trying to clarify if an existing and lawful utility charge (e.g., sewer or trash), is increased by the provider, do we have to give advance notice of the increase to the residents before we can pass it through?   For…
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Utility Charges
Community Update
Adverse Action Letter - Application Process
  By:  Rebekah Near, CEO, Orca Information, Inc.   Last article I wrote was titled, A COMMON MISTAKE WHEN DENYING APPLICANT COULD COST YOU THOUSANDS.  The focus of the topic was on giving your applicant who does not…
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Applicant Screening, Applicant Denial
Property Management
Landlords Can Be Liable for Tenant-on-Tenant Harassment
Landlords may be liable for discrimination if they harass or allow their leasing staff, managers, and other agents to harass tenants on the basis of race, etc. Recent cases pose the controversial question of whether landlords can also be liable for…
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Fair Housing, Tenant on Tenant Harassment
Property Management
Montana Property Manager Charged with Retaliation
  HUD recently charged a Montana landlord and property manager for retaliating against a tenant for exercising her fair housing rights. The retaliatory behavior included coercion, intimidation, threats, or interference in violation of Section…