Answer: The basic rule is that a landlord is required to provide an RV park that is "kept in every part safe for normal and reasonably foreseeable uses." Practically speaking, this means that if you know about a particular danger or threat of danger, as a landlord you must take reasonable steps to reduce or eliminate that danger.
Inadequate response time to a resident’s questions.
Elder Abuse in our society is hidden. For every one case that is reported, 24 cases go unreported (National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Late Life). There are several factors that contribute to this. An older adult is reluctant to admit that abuse is happening. Guilt and shame are silencers in Elder Abuse. Some folks do not have the capacity to report that abuse is ha
Both Landlords and Tenants agree of the importance of sub-metering; it is a win-win proposition. Enduring years of Landlord/Tenant Coalition, one of the most daunting tasks was demonstrating Landlords do not have safes' locked full of money. Financing options simply did not exist to fund mandatory sub-metering.
In 1988, Congress amended the Fair Housing Act (FHA) to prohibit not just discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, disability, or national origin, but also included familial status discrimination. Familial status is defined as " one or more individuals (who have not attained the age of 18 years) being domiciled with ...
The Manufactured Housing Landlord - Tenant Coalition (negotiations) convened again the end of last month (August 2014) to further discuss a number of issues that may potentially be adopted into legislation in 2015. Here is a summary of the latest developments on several key issues.
Last month the manufactured housing landlord-tenant coalition met to continue discussing issues in preparation for the 2015 Oregon Legislative session. As mentioned earlier, the coalition is a group of manufactured housing community interests - tenant organizations, landlord associations, banking interests, builders - that meet once a month to discuss industry issues.
Although not a true capital expenditure; computer hardware, software and peripherals do not last forever. Deciding when is the right time to replace them or upgrade is always a difficult decision. Will upgrading increase productivity? A new system can affect productivity in positive ways.