Property Management News

Lawyer Says Fair Housing Fines Amount to Extortion

The lawyer for an elderly landlord in North Kingsville, Ohio says that ordering his client to pay over $100,000 in fines and attorneys fees for alleged discrimination amounts to extortion. That's because here, the alleged victims are imaginary. According to a news report, the local housing agency sent a tester to the rental property as part of its routine research on whether housing discrimination is "systemic" in the community. A tester, posing as a scripted character, asked the landlord about keeping a companion animal. The landlord, unfamiliar with the rules, said she required a $100 deposit. After the landlord failed that test, the agency sent out a second... Read more

If asked about the relative fairness of landlord-tenant laws, most landlords would probably say that the deck seems stacked in favor of tenants. But a recently-released...

A Galveston, Texas tenant is suing his landlord after falling off the roof of his apartment building. In a news report, the man says he has sustained serious injuries...

A property management company based in Virginia Beach, VA, will pay $82,500 to settle allegations that it refused to allow a Hispanic woman to apply for an apartment...

A Seattle area landlord is taking the bull by the horns when it comes to the state's new recreational marijuana law. According to a news report, the landlord has...

City Mulls Mandatory Landlord Training

Cedar Rapids has been the hotbed of a rental regulation fight for a couple of years now. The City Council there sparked protests by local landlords by proposing a "nuisance" law that makes landlords liable for tenants' bad behavior. Under the measure, landlords could be charged for police or emergency calls to a rental property -- even if the landlord was a victim. While the ink has not yet dried on the final draft of the proposal, the nuisance law did pass City Council last week, over the objections of local landlords, realtors, lawyers and housing advocates. Even the ACLU filed an objection to the nuisance law, citing fears that it will drive up housing costs for... Read more

Normally, rental ad space that actually garners views by apartment seekers can cost landlords quite a substantial amount. But property owners who are utilizing the...

by Brian Davis Most of us heard the nursery rhyme warning "don't let the bed bugs bite," but grew up without even knowing what this mythical bed bug...

Two California landlords have found themselves in a legal tug-of-war over the state's pot regulations. After California sanctioned the sale of medical marijuana,...

A Santa Monica apartment owner and his manager have just settled a lawsuit with the City Attorney's Consumer Protection Unit over allegations the men harassed a...