by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2020 | Property Managers
We all remember 5th grade social studies, right? Well if you do, you surely recall the Constitutional mandate that a census be taken every ten (10) years in order to re-apportion the representation each state has in the United States Congress. In March, 2020, the...
by Jeffrey Turk | Jul 14, 2017 | Fair Housing, Landlord & Tenant, Property Managers
On November 16, 2016, HUD published the long-awaited “Final Rules” concerning the implementation of the Violence Against Women’s Act (VAWA). While VAWA was originally enacted by Congress in 1994, these Final Rules were intended to clarify and effectuate the law in a...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Landlord & Tenant, Property Managers
A recent court decision has placed property owners on notice that, at least in the eyes of the law, the adage “no harm—no foul” does not always apply. The facts of the case were not in dispute. The property owner had a lease provision which required a...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Landlord & Tenant, Property Managers
Warning: Smoking is not only dangerous to your health, but can also get you evicted from your home. So reads the new warning label which may need to be printed on cigarette packs after a recent housing court decision allowing a landlord to evict a tenant in a...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Landlord & Tenant, Property Managers
Any landlord that has ever been involved in an eviction case knows that the ultimate goal of the case is to have the court issue the coveted “Execution for Possession”. This simple piece of paper has the magical power of authorizing a sheriff or constable to forcibly...
by Jeffrey Turk | Aug 27, 2016 | Landlord & Tenant, Property Managers
I have become something of an expert on bed bugs. This was by no means a career ambition; I did not grow up wanting to know everything there was to know about bed bugs and would be happily ignorant about them today. But they have become a major problem for the...