Compliance Monitoring – A Fair Housing Must
Compliance monitoring is a checks-and-balances procedure to be done regularly to assure Fair Housing policies are met.
By The Fair Housing Institute
When was the last time your office did a compliance audit of your documentation...
Judge Sides With Landlords Over Tenant Screening Cap Flap
An Oregon judge has sided with landlords over the City of Eugene’s attempt to cap tenant screening fees at $10, according to reports.
Two property management groups had sued the city over a city-imposed $10...
AG Says City’s Source Of Income Law Unconstitutional
The State of Arizona and City of Tucson have gotten into a spat over the city’s source of income protection ordinance for renters passed in September of 2022.
Former Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich ordered...
Property Management Groups Sue Over $10 Cap On Screening Fees
Two property management groups have sued the City of Eugene over a city-imposed $10 cap on rental applicant screening fees.
Thorin Properties and Jennings Group, Inc charge in the lawsuit that Oregon law grants landlords...
Dealing with Habitability issues and Substitute Housing
Dealing with habitability issues and substitute housing as even the smallest of molehills can be made into a mountain by unreasonable individuals.
Bradley S. Kraus
Partner, Warren Allen LLP
Life happens. Common sense tells us that things...
SB 891’s Conclusion and What it Means for Landlords
By Bradley S. Kraus
Partner, Warren Allen LLP
As the calendar turned to October, another important date has come and gone. I have previously covered Senate Bill 891 in depth, and readers may recall that October...
Reasonable Accommodation Forms: How Can They Be Helpful?
By The Fair Housing Institute
Reasonable accommodation requests can be completely obvious and straightforward. Still, more often than not, they require a little bit more due diligence or investigation to verify the need for what...
Apartment Owners To Pay $123,000 To Settle Discrimination Lawsuit
The owners of several apartment complexes in Pearl, Mississippi, SSM Properties LLC, and Steven and Sheila Maulding, and their former rental agent, James Roe, have agreed to pay $123,000 to resolve a racial discrimination...
Fair Housing Matters: Landlord Liability for Tenant-on-Tenant Discrimination
Dealing with tenant-on-tenant discrimination complaints, or disputes that arise between tenants, takes proper investigative measures to determine what actually happened and where landlord liability figures in.
Bradley S. Kraus
Partner, Warren Allen LLP
As the calendar turns,...
HUD Settles Sexual Harassment Over Maintenance Worker
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has settled a complaint with a California apartment and property management firm for $21,000 over a sexual harassment complaint involving a maintenance worker, according to...