Aug 22 2008
by the Fair Housing Council
It’s the stuff of urban legends. It always comes up in fair housing trainings – be it classesI attended years ago as a sales agent, or in classes I conduct for the Fair Housing Council now. Everyone’s heard of it; everyone wants to know how to get his/her hands on it…some call it [...]
Aug 21 2008
July 22, 2008
By: Barbra Murray, Contributing Editor
The City of Los Angeles has joined forces with Enterprise Community Partners to establish the $100 million New Generation Fund, the city’s first multi-million-dollar financing tool for the development and preservation of affordable housing.
The New Generation Fund is owned by Enterprise and is being backed financially by a [...]
Aug 20 2008
Report: Rental rate hits record level in 2007
By Inman News, Wednesday, April 30, 2008.
The share of rental households jumped by about 1 million last year and this group is likely to expand further if foreclosure trends continue, Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies reports today, while the monthly rental rate reached [...]
Aug 19 2008
One property manager I knew told the story about the time she was talking to a landlord about her rental property and said, “The law says…”
The landlord replied aghast, “There are laws!!??
Yes ma’am, there are laws. And in most states, those laws were written to protect the “poor, abused, downtrodden” bad tenant. Also, in most [...]
Aug 18 2008
Some say about-face puts unfair burden on existing tenants
August 18, 2008
By Robert Griswold
Q: I work for a local humane society and was wondering about the rights of tenants to have pets in their rental unit. We frequently receive calls from tenants with pets claiming that they received a 30-day notice to terminate their tenancy because [...]
Aug 18 2008
milan managemnt llc 5369 w. pico blvd. 2nd floor, los angeles, ca 90019
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Aug 15 2008
William Tucker is the author of The Excluded Americans: Homelessness and Housing Policies (Regnery) and Zoning, Rent Control, and Affordable Housing (Cato Institute).
Executive Summary
Rent control has been in force in a number of major American cities for many decades. The best-known example is New York, which still retains rent controls from the temporary [...]
Aug 14 2008
Question 1:
Question 1:
I need access to a tenant’s apartment as his unit provides access to a central plumbing fixture. I have written him a letter asking permission to do these repairs along with three different phone calls. He is yet to respond and I am desperate to make this repairs. What can I do [...]
Aug 12 2008
Unlike a bevy of construction projects across the country, development of the upscale 214-residence apartment high-rise at 717 W. Ninth St. in Los Angeles will not fall victim to the credit crunch, as Meruelo Maddux Properties Inc. has just closed on an $84 million construction loan. The 35-story structure, located across from the Staples Center [...]
Aug 06 2008
Are you purchasing, managing or developing with “Green” appliances? No not avocado green from the 1970’s.The question is are these appliances easy on the environment? Talk and action about “Green” is coming to the forefront as we [...]