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Totem Agencies Inc.

Dianne Daines
PO Box 3419
Kirkland, WA 98083

Phone: 425-827-8774
Email: ddaines@totemagencies.com
Website: www.totemagencies.com

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Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Two Questions on Plumbing
Question  A:  We have a Tenant who has refused to fix the water leaks within their mobile home. The park owner pays for the water and there have been significant cost increases due to the leaks.  The Lease is the MHCO Lease from 2003…
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Infrastructure, Plumbing
Property Management
Overly Broad Restrictions on Assistance Animals Is Disability Discrimination
  Continuing previous patterns, most of the 2023 cases alleged discrimination on the basis of disability; most of the disability discrimination claims alleged failure to make reasonable accommodations, specifically with regard to assistance…
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Fair Housing, Assistance Animals
Property Management
Liability Is Based Not Just on What Policies Say But How They’re Enforced
  In determining whether a landlord has committed discrimination, HUD, fair housing groups, and courts consider not only what policies say but how they’re actually enforced. Rental policies or restrictions that appear neutral on their face…
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Fair Housing, Fair Housing Violations
Property Management
Fair Housing: Blanket Criminal Record Ban May Be Disparate Impact Racial Discrimination
  Possessing a criminal record isn’t a protected class under the FHA. However, statistics show that a disproportionate number of African Americans are arrested and incarcerated in the U.S., as compared to white persons. As a result, a rental…
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Application Denial, Background Checks, Criminal History
Phil Querin Questions & Answers
Phil Querin Q&A: Tree Liability
Trees, Limbs and Roots – Liability Issues   Question:  .  What is the landlord’s responsibility when it comes to trees falling on a tenant’s house. Does it make a difference if it is a hazard tree vs. not a hazard tree? What about…
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Hazard Trees, Tree Damage, Tree Maintenance
Property Management
Refusing Housing Vouchers Is Source of Income Discrimination
On the national level, while landlords won roughly two of every three cases in 2023, the most significant fair housing case of the year was a landlord loss. It involved what is rapidly becoming a major source of fair housing litigation, namely,…
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Source of Income, Application, Application Denial, Income