18:09:37 From Sid Betancourt, NLIHC (she/they) to Everyone: @ Mari: You can view the recording on our YouTube channel in a few days https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCojyBnhPHxA4fPv9GT9zdBg 18:09:40 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: Tenant Bill of rights sounds great. But unless there are laws to back it up and unless laws are actually interwoven into this Tenant Bill of Rights, and unless both tenants and landlords are both on board with this Tenant Bill of Rights, it will be unenforceable. 18:10:16 From Sarah Saadian to Everyone: Renter Protections: https://nlihc.org/sites/default/files/Solution_Renter-Protections.pdf 18:11:03 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: We just passed something like this at our local level, a local Tenant Bill of Rights. But unfortunately, it has no teeth for enforcement and a lot of tenants are going to be in for a rude awakening when they find that it has no teeth for purposes of enforcement. 18:11:17 From Amber Smith to Everyone: Is any of what you mention Sarah enforceable or are they enforceable? 18:11:52 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: we love puppies šŸ¾ 18:12:06 From Amber Smith to Everyone: random dogs and babies are the best on zoom calls! 18:12:23 From Kim Johnson to Everyone: Here's more information on NHLP's renter protection platform: https://www.nhlp.org/advocacy-and-litigation/advocacy/ 18:12:25 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: So my "big question would be": HOW do you enforce something like this? 18:12:54 From Sid Betancourt, NLIHC (she/they) to Everyone: Thanks for sharing Karen and Amber! Noting this question for our Q&A session. 18:12:59 From Sarah Saadian to Everyone: Great question, Karen and Amber. Enforcement is key! 18:13:07 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: BALANCING: both sides are human beings, we renters are not so much cordwood or luggage, interchangeable, expendable. Human Beings!!! 18:13:41 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: Apartments are Homes too !!! 18:14:24 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: The only place I know that even has anything like this is Montgomery County, Maryland. They have laws that are a part of the enforcement of their Landlord Tenant Handbook. Montgomery County MD Landlord Tenant Affairs would be a good place to go to start formatting something like this. 18:15:29 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: If you go to the landlord-tenant handbook of Montgomery County, MD, you will see in several examples of where particular laws are referred to or mentioned. 18:15:39 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: # one central Affordable application fee 18:15:58 From Esther Malkin to Everyone: I'm driving so can't chat 18:16:26 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: rent control 18:16:29 From Shanzeh Aslam to Everyone: no application fees per person living in the house 18:16:29 From Judy Davis to Everyone: No fees for applications 18:16:42 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: Transparent fee notices/Fee caps 18:16:42 From Marsh Santoro to Everyone: No fee for Background checks 18:16:47 From Elizabeth Maupin to Everyone: Unfortunately I need to leave. I'd love to know what you come up with. Will there be a recording or summary that can be viewed later? 18:16:52 From Shanzeh Aslam to Everyone: stop asking incarceration history 18:17:10 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: code enforcements of things such as conditions of building being lived in. 18:17:14 From Sid Betancourt, NLIHC (she/they) to Everyone: @Elizabeth: Yes! 18:17:17 From Brooke Evans to Everyone: Ensure you're reaching out to groups who focus on youth and family homelessness. This cannot be in absence of their needs. (For example, how student status bars access to housing.) 18:17:17 From Shanzeh Aslam to Everyone: no discrimination against vouchers 18:17:26 From Carry Robey to Everyone: What we would like in Washington is for SSI to pace the cost of rent 18:17:26 From Shanzeh Aslam to Everyone: stop asking for credit score 18:17:41 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: Renters rights to be left alone and not have excessive visits from landlord unless there is an actual emergency. 18:17:50 From Amber Smith to Everyone: NLIHC and other nat'l orgs were mentioned - which other ones are you all working w/ specifically around tenant issues? 18:17:50 From Denise Caruzzi to Everyone: transparent fees for damage, notice 18:18:03 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: show a dashboard of how many have applied. If I know 73 people have already applied, I'll keep moving along 18:18:03 From CJ OHara to Everyone: Just Cause for eviction. Giving tenants who have longer residency more time to know about no intent to renew to the tenants rather than the 30 days and under that exists now 18:18:05 From Esther Malkin to Everyone: Reasonable deposits & income requirements 18:18:07 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: 24 hours notice from landlord before coming to tenant's place, except for emergency 18:18:10 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: seal prior convictions and evictions 18:18:15 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: we need Landlord records of their % eviction history, their records 18:18:16 From Sarah Hassmer to Everyone: No discrimination based on eviction history 18:18:25 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: No source of income discrimination allowed 18:18:30 From Carry Robey to Everyone: We have huge case loads and need more folks working in housing. We do not want homeless and housing vulnerable people to suffer a lack of available services. 18:18:33 From Esther Malkin to Everyone: https://www.propublica.org/article/realpage-accused-of-collusion-in-new-lawsuit 18:18:40 From Brooke Evans to Everyone: ^ Second Linda 18:18:41 From Donna Dangerfield to Hosts and panelists: Prevent Evictions in tax credit properties. My current issue I am facing. 18:18:44 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: not requiring 4x income to rent ratios 18:18:53 From Brooke Evans to Everyone: ^ Second Kerri 18:19:14 From Judy Davis to Everyone: Same second Kerri ^ 18:19:20 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: for something like this to be enforced, there will need to be an office of landlord/tenant affairs, of which most jurisdictions do not have. So this kind of enforcement will require more employees, more payroll, etc. 18:19:49 From Brooke Evans to Everyone: I imagine CFPB is very interested in that ^ 18:19:57 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: Regulation on junk fees such as ā€œAdministrative fees and Risk Feesā€ 18:20:11 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: some places are requiring even more than 4x now 18:20:17 From Sid Betancourt, NLIHC (she/they) to Everyone: Good point Karen and Brooke! 18:20:22 From Carry Robey to Everyone: Every property should have an appeal process that is free 18:20:30 From Esther Malkin to Everyone: limit corporate investment companies from owning the majority of the mkt & control the "mkt rate" that way 18:21:00 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: go to website for Montgomery County, MD landlord tenant affairs office and look for their landlord/tenant handbook. Their landlord/tenant handbook would be a really great asset to set up a national form of tenant bill of rights. 18:21:07 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: emergency (county/agency) type rental assistance available in 10-14 days when you can save your unit (versus 6 weeks when you are long gone) 18:21:11 From Brooke Evans to Everyone: Yes 18:21:18 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: not discriminating against those who are not employed, or retirees, fixed income 18:21:24 From Tonda Radewan to Everyone: Open portal where a tenant can check on prospective landlord for 1. number of habitability complaints & health code and ordinance violations 2. lawsuit involvement 3. ownership/property management info (who "really" gets your rent money?) 18:21:33 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: Yes! Transparent code enforcement history 18:21:35 From Denise Caruzzi to Everyone: legal representation for eviction proceedings 18:21:36 From Jon Christian to Everyone: Is there a way to have landlords be able to access a data base that will cover some of the stuff they are charging fees for? Or copies of the credit reports? 18:21:40 From Kelley Saxon to Everyone: Early termination of the lease by the landlord for any reason. 18:21:40 From Esther Malkin to Everyone: tenants are rated so should landlords be too 18:22:08 From Nathan Crites-Herren to Everyone: check out KC tenants for more ideas: https://kctenants.org/home 18:22:09 From Carry Robey to Everyone: Section 8 Wait list is about 2 years in my county 18:22:12 From Brooke Evans to Everyone: Disentangle Section 8 eligibility from student status 18:22:17 From Jose Flores to Everyone: use of solar powered water filtration systems for pha 18:22:23 From Sarah Hassmer to Everyone: Requiring a guarantor to make 5X the monthly rent in order to accept a voucher holder 18:22:26 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: speed up the process! Private you will receive an answer withing 24-72 hours. Subsidized can take MONTHS 18:22:45 From Donna Dangerfield to Hosts and panelists: Tax credit properties. Tenants are over income and are forced to move. 18:22:48 From Michael Dahl to Hosts and panelists: handle applications in the order received; don't let a landlord cherry pick. 18:22:56 From Esther Malkin to Everyone: require a % of units accept pets 18:22:58 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: Allow renters to opt into having rental payments count toward credit building 18:23:06 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: give LLORDS A MITIGATION FUND..... (they won't use it, but set it up for them to stop whining) 18:23:06 From Mary Brown to Hosts and panelists: It would be helpful to actually know who the owners are especially since LLCs donā€™t divulge that and hide behind a property manager. 18:23:12 From CJ OHara to Everyone: minimum 48 hours of notice for entering the unit and for requested paperwork or of appointment with property manager 18:23:16 From Joyletha Goodwin to Everyone: Basing you rent on Market rate when the housing is not Market rate quality 18:23:25 From Renee Koubiadis to Hosts and panelists: Definitely no credit score use where a housing voucher is being used or the property is affordable 18:23:29 From Carry Robey to Everyone: Second Joyletha!! 18:23:31 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DHCA/Resources/Files/housing/landlordtenant/publications/hbk_olta_eng.pdf 18:23:33 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: Sealing of eviction occurred during a public health emergency or natural disaster 18:23:34 From Junail Freeman-Anderson to Everyone: I just don't say you're fairly friendly if you're not 18:23:34 From Marni Borgonia to Everyone: Higher Payment Standards 18:23:48 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: Get rid of pet rent 18:23:57 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: ROFR to buy, renters need Right of First Refusal (when flipping) 18:23:59 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: Here is the landlord/tenant handbook for an excellent example of formatting and contents for something like this on a national level 18:24:08 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: My dog is unfortunately unemployed ;) 18:24:08 From Nakia Sims Hillary Consulting Services to Everyone: Comparable to Habitat for Humanity the application process should have fee waivers based on (sweat equity waitlist time, administrative errors leading to homelessness, evictions etc.participation in programs opportunity cost for rent burdened high) Application process encourages broken lease ie If you wait 5 years and are leasing (rent burdened) when public housing or section 8 waitlist # comes up you are given little to no notice if you are in a lease you are forced to break the lease, no help moving, or loose your place like HMIS H systems should speak with work with landlords to avoid broken leases. No transparency leads to promote voucher fraud via providers 18:24:14 From Jose Flores to Everyone: hud has some rentals for very low income to allow a rental fee of as low as 60 dollars as well as two other programs some landlords have available 18:24:14 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: Federal law allowing you to break your existing lease if you receive a subsidized offer. You can do this for military, DV, why not affordable/LI opportunity? 18:24:16 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/DHCA/Resources/Files/housing/landlordtenant/publications/hbk_olta_eng.pdf 18:24:29 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: +1 Kerri!!! 18:24:56 From David Weber to Everyone: Sarah Hassmer, where are they requiring guarantors to accept a voucher? I think that is already illegal. Dweber@phada.org. 18:25:11 From CJ OHara to Everyone: What City are you from Esther? 18:25:16 From Nathan Crites-Herren to Everyone: Yes Esther, Fort Worth has that for residents - its called Direct Service Funds 18:25:53 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: agree Dr Bambie, like COVID eviction should all be wiped out in total !! swiped !!! 18:26:00 From Mary Cook to Everyone: What's the name of that company? 18:26:10 From Marsh Santoro to Everyone: eliminate hud asking amount in your bank account 18:26:19 From Sid Betancourt, NLIHC (she/they) to Everyone: @Mary: RealPage 18:26:45 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: Get rid of renters surety bonds that benefit landlords 18:27:26 From CJ OHara to Everyone: Pangea in Chicago was locking people out of their units during Covoid early days when there was a moratorium in place 18:27:31 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: let some renters choose whether to rent or own in an ownership co-op 18:27:36 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: allow me to choose my own renters insurance company 18:27:43 From Kelley Saxon to Everyone: a. Right to Terminate Early: Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease early only if Tenant has expressly been given the right to terminate the Lease early as provided elsewhere herein, Tenant is not in default hereunder at the time of giving notice, Tenant has strictly complied with all of the provisions of this paragraph, Tenant continues to pay rent on time and in full for the months prior to the Termination Date, Tenant pays any additional fees due per this section on time as set out in the Primary Terms section, and termination is as of the last day of a calendar month. If all of these conditions have been met, Tenant may terminate this Lease by following the procedures set forth elsewhere herein and returning the Premises in a clean and rent ready condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted. To be effective, any notice for early termination must be signed by all Tenants. Tenantā€™s election of early termination shall not relieve Tenant of responsibilities and obligations regarding damage t 18:27:53 From Esther Malkin to Everyone: I'm from Monterey Ca esthermalkin@yahoo.com 18:28:31 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: inspection anxiety 18:28:32 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: just cause evictions 18:28:42 From Judy Davis to Everyone: Discrimination, just cause evictions 18:28:48 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: harassment, constant intrusions, not being left alone by landlord, 18:29:02 From Kelley Saxon to Everyone: Early Termination by Landlord. Landlord may terminate the Lease prior to the lease expiration date and in such event Tenant agrees to vacate the Premises subject to the following: a. Landlord shall give Tenant written notice of the early termination and to vacate (in which case Tenant shall still owe rent through the notice period); and b. After Tenant has vacated the Premises, Landlord shall credit to Tenant the Early Termination Fee to Tenant as liquidated damages for disturbing Tenantā€™s quiet enjoyment of the Premises and for the inconvenience of moving early. This credit will be applied to the Tenant account at the time the Tenant vacates the Premises and shall be included with any applicable security deposit refund. The foregoing shall not relieve the Tenant of his or her responsibilities and obligations regarding any damage to the property. 18:29:11 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: language inequalities 18:29:26 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: Provide us our deposit back in full the day we have new address (when flipped) 18:29:37 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: non-renewal notices for those receiving rental assistance 18:29:43 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: I have a situation going on right now. Mediation is a week from now. The biggest issue is that of harassment and not being allowed a disability accommodation of having a spokesperson to speak on my behalf at first. 18:29:48 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: centralized real time search systems that are integrated with mainstream platforms 18:30:13 From Esther Malkin to Everyone: expand income requirements to qualify for help as the "lower middle income" class disappers 18:30:37 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: repercussions for complaining about warranty of habitability and anything else 18:31:19 From Sarah Hassmer to Everyone: Was driving and stopped to type in the chat (1) A DC property received an applicant from a senior disabled woman with a voucher and required her to have a guarantor who makes 5X the monthly rent ($25,000 per monthā€¦impossible). The applicant had an eviction history. I wonder how many landlords in jurisdictions with source of income discrimination laws use eviction history as a way to get around taking a voucher holder. 18:31:21 From Marni Borgonia to Everyone: Voucher Size Issue 18:31:23 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: 30 days to quit for both parties, now they give us only 30 days notice and we must give 60 days. IMBALANCE Big Time. 18:31:24 From CJ OHara to Everyone: Written notices are often dated one day and given the next day to the tenant. It happens too often 18:32:00 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: I think something should be added to tenant bill of rights when it comes to a LIHTC property getting ready to age out and someone who is ELI has no place to move to that might be cheaper. Then that ELI person if they don't find another place in time before the voucher expires, they might lose their voucher on top of not being able to afford new rents at aged out LIHTC properties. 18:32:07 From CJ OHara to Everyone: It gives the experience that there was more time given than there really was. 18:32:07 From Michelle Pappas to Everyone: That happened to me (I'm immune compromised) and they laughed at me when I asked them to mask 18:32:19 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: Concessions for rent if landlord fails to make repairs in a timely manner. Iā€™ve been without a functioning furnace for over a year and without AC for six months. Now without hot water for three days. 18:33:05 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: if mold then hotel, if bugs, vermin etc then Hotel until mediated 18:33:08 From Shalonda Rivers to Everyone: Bullying 18:33:10 From Sarah Hassmer to Everyone: (2) Common way to look up code violations and construction projects to help applicants know whether they want to apply to a complex and help current tenants decide whether to renew. I would not have renewed my lease if I knew they would do construction in my apartment that wouldnā€™t be habitable for me to occupy during constitutional and they didnā€™t provide temporary housing. 18:33:11 From Rachel Johnson to Everyone: Landlord tactics that intimidate and discriminate... i.e. Owner/Management agents hiring police in the HUD Housing communities to harass tenants and they trespass tenant visitors especially when standing up for their rights 18:33:30 From Telissa Dowling to Everyone: Hello to everyone, Telissa from New Jersey. 18:33:56 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: At LIHTC properties, there are not such protections 18:34:03 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: I was asked to deposit one full year's worth of rent into the owner's trust account in addition to regular listed deposits/fees 18:34:11 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: no retaliation !!!! sharp penalty from AG if retaliatory eviction for repair request 18:34:21 From Shalonda Rivers to Everyone: Retaliation is a big problem for tenant leaders 18:34:31 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: "Clutter control" 18:34:40 From Nikki A to Everyone: when organizing a petition , had staff tear down notices 18:34:42 From Nakia Sims Hillary Consulting Services to Everyone: Tenant rights to Access to information ( repair requests, reasonable accommodations numbers, pre Rad and post rad repairs) without extensive public information act requests locally or hud foia 18:34:44 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: UNANNOUNCED visits by landlord is a real pet peeve of mine. What if I am in the shower? 18:34:47 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: we organized and staff took our signs down 18:34:50 From Rachel Johnson to Everyone: I am an organizer in Project based section 8 where I was called by Tenants to help them organize and the police was called and they went live on facebook when about 10 officers were trying to force me to leave 18:34:51 From Amber Smith to Everyone: landlords not accepting vouchers 18:35:33 From Telissa Dowling to Everyone: How about when the manager won't recertify Tenants just to evict them. 18:35:38 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: Robust FHA enforcement and ease of access to FH investigators, lawyers, information, etc. 18:35:44 From CJ OHara to Everyone: It is harder to have tenant council supports in Chicago due to the two year period where there was no State budget in Illinois. That caused certain agencies to get out of the game due to lack of funding. 18:35:45 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: organizing is probably free speech ~ right? 18:35:49 From Teresa Garcia-Delcompare to Everyone: landlords scaring residents that their association is not real and demanding the petition with lawyers. (mobile home) 18:36:01 From Carry Robey to Everyone: There are 3 Carry's here :) My people! lol 18:36:07 From Geraldine Collins to Hosts and panelists: I can answer that question 18:36:14 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: Clutter control? Well, too many people are hoarders. I think there are rules/laws about hoarding that is coming down the pike, especially if there are bedbugs, or other critters in a place where there is hoarding. 18:36:42 From Donna Dangerfield to Hosts and panelists: HUD/ Tax Credit Evictions for current tenants who are over income and canā€™t afford to move or have no place to move to 18:36:54 From Mary Brown to Hosts and panelists: Landlords avoid required code violations when they are grandfathered in as long as they donā€™t make ā€œsubstantialā€ rehabilitation to units; they often avoid this by only repairing turnover units; 18:36:58 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: If there are bedbugs and a person has a voucher especially, I think the landlord should be responsible for paying the exterminator and not the tenant. 18:36:58 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: I think it has more to do with the small sizes and limited storage of the unit! 18:37:01 From Rachel Johnson to Everyone: Lots of section 8 voucher participants are being told they have to pay 3 times the rent, is that their rent portion and also, is the housing authority responsible to pay their portion when Landlords ask for 3 times the rent 18:37:10 From Nakia Sims Hillary Consulting Services to Everyone: Tenant Retaliation after organizing ā€œlease violationā€ then removal from office. Tenant Rights Reasonable accommodation Universal easily accessible and completed form 18:37:16 From CJ OHara to Everyone: Lower income apartments often are asked to do things that are not written on their lease. It can be kept up to the discretion of property mgmt. 18:37:21 From Shalonda Rivers to Everyone: DISPOSOPHOBIA 18:37:57 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: all fees must be clearly spelled out in the lease 18:37:59 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: everyone !!! gets their apt home back after RAD Rehab (not 40-50% only) 18:38:13 From Donna Dangerfield to Hosts and panelists: Hoarders 18:38:13 From Michael Kane to Everyone: hoarding 18:38:14 From Marni Borgonia to Everyone: More expansive protections for Folks with Disability/Elderly 18:38:18 From Telissa Dowling to Everyone: hoard 18:38:19 From Nakia Sims Hillary Consulting Services to Everyone: IOCd hoarding 18:38:21 From Nakia Sims Hillary Consulting Services to Everyone: ocd 18:38:47 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: True Ms. Rivers. When I was a property manager, I had a tenant like that and we had documentation from her doctor 18:38:52 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: Something for the previous board. We have source of income protection in Colorado, but LLs just find loopholes (e.g. credit score minimums). 18:38:53 From Rachel Johnson to Everyone: Housekeeping and clutter is being used by Landlords to evict especially when they have received a low REAC score... now the landlords is being sanctioned by HUD 18:38:56 From Donna Dangerfield to Hosts and panelists: I didnā€™t know it was considered as a disability. Thank you 18:38:57 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: If my neighbor gets exterminated for bedbugs, and because I am next door, I too would be exterminated, then I should not be the one to pay for that. Some states, the landlord pays, other states, the tenant pays. 18:39:02 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: Seniors shouldn't have to purge a lifetime's worth of possessions in order to receive a subsidy 18:39:05 From Jose Flores to Everyone: ca has the ABLE honorarium they provide to those 46 and older if diagnosed to add to their benefits into a savings account to pay for disabled services. 18:39:19 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: set aside a Unit in each complex for gym/ EXERCIZE/weight training 18:39:27 From Chris Alexander to Everyone: (yes, hoarding is OCD - an obsessive-compulsive behavior) 18:39:32 From Nikki A to Everyone: not allowed to post any information around tenant rights/ submitted petition signed by 15% of tenant population in S&D PBV/LIHTC in SF. Petition was ignored by Property management & SFHA say that have no concern or oversite of anything that happens in these properties other than the physical concerns of the premises 18:39:42 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: landlord tenant meditation 18:40:00 From Kelley Saxon to Everyone: Eliminate cash for keys. Companies buying apartment complexes and terminating current leases. We have a complex that was purchased and if tenants move before the 15th they get a $500 bonus. If they stay the rent increases by 250 and a new lease singned by the 31st committing to the new amount. All took place in less than 30 days. 18:40:07 From Sid Betancourt, NLIHC (she/they) to Nakia Sims Hillary Consulting Services and all panelists: Hello Nakia, we are not able to hear you. Can you try to mute and unmute on the phone? 18:40:14 From Jose Flores to Everyone: root and rebound is based in Oakland and willing to do so most of the weekdays 18:40:21 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: case management 18:40:21 From Marni Borgonia to Everyone: Landlords should be penalized for not attempting to fix Section 8 Inspection issues. 18:40:28 From Carry Robey to Everyone: We need clear court process to expunge past evictions. In my state, we don't have one. 18:40:38 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: There is a bit of a difference between having a lot of stuff and keeping our place clean and having a lot of stuff and trash being everywhere, and fruitflies flying all through the place as a result. The first person is not a hoarder. The second person usually is. 18:40:39 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: Timely return of security deposits instead of landlords keeping it for normal wear and tear and turnkey items 18:40:53 From Renee Koubiadis to Hosts and panelists: Mandated landlord-tenant mediation before an eviction could be filed 18:40:59 From Sarah Hassmer to Everyone: right to counsel 18:41:02 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: moving people from leases to month to month. everyone should have some protections for rent rates and knowing when they will move with plenty of advance notice 18:41:22 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: building relationship with landlords or management company so that loacal nonprofits may be notified when someone is at risk of being evicted. 18:41:26 From Mary Cook to Everyone: Part of Mitigation is to have programs to learn how to create a budget 18:41:28 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: Landlord Tenant handbook of Mont. Co., MD talks about normal wear and tear and that tenant cannot be charged for normal wear and tear. 18:42:06 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: agree with Dr. Bambi... RELATIONSHIPs, build those bridges 18:42:11 From Rosine Bouobda to Everyone: creation of housing connectors/ navigators 18:42:12 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: Make eviction records (scrubbed of personal identifying info) public for FHA purposes. 18:42:26 From Sarah Hassmer to Everyone: national minimum filing fee? No more $15 filing fees! 18:42:51 From Marsh Santoro to Everyone: make sure interpreters are available for those that need them 18:43:04 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: If LLs are disproportionately evicting certain protected classes, it should be exposed and LGs can act 18:43:11 From Michael Kane to Everyone: Codify Winn Eviction Protection plan standards 18:43:17 From Mary Brown to Hosts and panelists: There should be some independent Board to control the maximum rent increase/year rather than landlords charging whatever the market can bear 18:43:18 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: dog poop DNA testing, 123 Strikes if no pick up ....u r out 18:43:20 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: You have great tenants who pay on time all the time. and keep their place clean. But if landlord does not like you, they will harass you nonstop, until you move. 18:43:22 From Michael Kane to Everyone: Right to Counsel, Codify Right to Organize 18:43:22 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: I have a raised hand 18:43:23 From Nikki A to Everyone: Aren't laws of "just cause eviction" now embedded in LIHTC/PBV applied nationwide? 18:43:24 From Donna Dangerfield to Hosts and panelists: Create a process for tenants are required to move such as grant a move extension 18:43:25 From Sarah Hassmer to Everyone: Eviction filing fee 18:43:29 From Sharon Parry to Hosts and panelists: I think the conversation on a hoarder is a difficult and challenging issue because many times hoarding can lead to severe damage to the property. 18:43:29 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: This came up earlier today-often agencies require eviction notice to receive rental assistance. Why can't this be within the building, similar to emergency loans at workplace or universities? 18:43:44 From Nakia Sims Hillary Consulting Services to Everyone: PAID Tenant Tester program like fair housing Tenant rights to monitor accuracy of reporting, affirmatively fair housing, meetings RAD etc. Tenant Right to Counsel not for us without us (must include public housing youth interns/fellows to break cycle of inclusion and to promote dei in legal representation). One strike and Housing rules as subterfuge could be curbed with whistleblower equivalent protections and monetary punitive damages 18:43:48 From Renee Koubiadis to Hosts and panelists: PA passed a law for repair funds up to $50K for landlords. However, in return they must agree to keep low income tenants stably housed for 15 yrs. with the first lease for 3 yrs. 18:44:00 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: +1 Nakia!! 18:44:06 From Nikki A to Everyone: JUST CAUSE ? 18:44:08 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: always 24 hour notice B4 entry 18:44:10 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: I am unable to read that bulletin board. The print is too small. 18:44:19 From Telissa Dowling to Everyone: Yes! 18:44:23 From Sarah Hassmer to Everyone: Higher eviction filing fees might reduce serial evictions 18:44:30 From Heather Nicoll to Hosts and panelists: Some apartments limit payment format: example credit card only. Many havenā€™t a credit card. No money orders accepted. Also they may ad a fee that is a percentage added for credit card processing, upwards of $9 and above 18:44:42 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: I sure wish I could read all those yellow cards 18:44:58 From Telissa Dowling to Everyone: We have it before in NJ... 18:44:58 From Nakia Sims Hillary Consulting Services to Hosts and panelists: Thanks 18:45:32 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: Involving magistrate court judges that have best practices 18:45:33 From Donna Dangerfield to Hosts and panelists: Market renters should not be forced to move if the tenants get a raise at work or are over income requ 18:45:56 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: when rent raises qualify as actual GOUGING then state attorney general assigns penalty, big penalties, just like COVID moratorium 18:46:05 From Rachel Johnson to Everyone: Thank you 18:46:15 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: Assumptions that because someone is not employed, they are not busy and have endless hours of unscheduled time. Treat me as you would any professional person. Tenant time is valuable! 18:46:23 From Mary Brown to Hosts and panelists: Will all of the post-it notes be printed out since itā€™s difficult to read on the jam board? 18:46:35 From Heather Nicoll to Everyone: Profits seem to take precedence over people. 18:46:40 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: I have a comment 18:46:41 From Nikki A to Everyone: KH : AGREED, thank you! 18:46:55 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: tenant rights booklets 18:47:09 From Telissa Dowling to Everyone: Managers are eviction because the Tenant file an harassment complaint . 18:48:05 From Donna Dangerfield to Hosts and panelists: HUD property just raises rent from $800.00 to 1,750,00. This violates affordable housing. There should be a limit to the tent increase at a HUD property for market renters 18:48:53 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: Cough it up and have onsite manager and assistant manager. It's ridiculous to expect managers to be running multiple building simultaneously. Neither tenants needs or relationship or the building can be as well maintained 18:49:18 From Michael Kane to Everyone: Winn Plan is based on non-punitive approaches for nonpayment evictionā€”national model, could be spread 18:49:25 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: "anti-rent gouging" might be a better frame than "rent control" (the latter phrase just shuts down conversations in most local landscapes) 18:49:28 From Willie ā€œJ.R.ā€ fleming to Hosts and panelists: Some judges should have new policy training and guidance 18:49:29 From CJ OHara to Everyone: I wasn't sure if you have heard that some property managers actually keep track on how often you are in your unit. That seems a bit much. I understand tracking how long guests stay but the tenant should not have to be in their apartment most of the time. Isn't there privacy rights that are being violated? 18:49:33 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: get the dang churches involved in saving their neighbors, one by one thru occasional rental relief per family 18:49:50 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: love me a good judge too 18:50:23 From Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown to Everyone: It is lol. Definitely a red rural county in Georgia 18:50:55 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: rent containment, rent ceiling, rent stabilization 18:51:15 From Karen Rhodes to Hosts and panelists: Get lawyers to help you write this document! 18:51:33 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: rent percent, 3% per 12 months RAISURE limits. 18:51:36 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: Mixed feelings on cameras 18:52:11 From Heather Nicoll to Everyone: Rent percentage: not more than 30% of persons net income would be great for everybody! 18:52:23 From Catherine Duarte to Everyone: +1 to CJ's comment. Push back on excessive LL surveillance. 18:52:46 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: rent limits tied to units not 3% every time some one moves, 3% per 12 months per unit 18:52:47 From Telissa Dowling to Everyone: Not If you move to RAD no Tenants protection... 18:52:49 From Amber Smith to Everyone: Are there rights for those who aren't in gov't housing? 18:53:13 From Telissa Dowling to Everyone: Yes! 18:53:14 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: There aren't rights for those in government housing either. 18:53:39 From Michael Kane to Everyone: Congress could extend rent withholding and repair and deduct to all private tenants--only half the states allow this locally 18:53:46 From Amber Smith to Everyone: I should have specified; I meant to unionize or create a tenant union. 18:53:49 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: People in govt housing get crapped on by landlords, just because they are section 8, in govt housing, or whatever. 18:53:51 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: until homeowners care as much about renters this won't progress, notify homeowners renters are in dire straits 18:54:00 From Mary Cook to Everyone: Tenant organizers must be done at the city, county and state levels as well. 18:54:09 From Karen Rhodes to Everyone: If people in govt housing had any rights, I would not have to be going to mediation in a week from now. 18:54:18 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: An easy way to check landlord/property prior to move-in to find out if they are eviction happy 18:54:43 From Michael Kane to Everyone: Right to Organize does not yet apply to LIHTC or to Project Based Voucher tenants 18:54:43 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: tell homeowners comparably their mortgage would increase as GREATLY as renters, they'd have a Cow 18:55:01 From CJ OHara to Everyone: Property owners don't face as much of a burden by mail canvass techniques as tenants do 18:55:09 From Jose Flores to Everyone: the dept of interior is relocating those in climate change danger 18:55:21 From Telissa Dowling to Everyone: Truth in Renting books are required by law to be given to tenants, check out the NJ Department of Communityaffair website. 18:55:32 From Gabby Ross to Everyone: ā€¢ Sidā€™s email address: sbetancourt@nlihc.org 18:55:32 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: you are Great SID !!!! 18:55:32 From Michael Kane to Everyone: What are the legislative vehicles, where some of these protections could be advanced, in the current Congressional climate? 18:55:46 From Gabby Ross to Everyone: Sarah S: ssaadian@nlihc.org 18:55:56 From Gabby Ross to Everyone: Noelle Porter:nporter@nhlp.org 18:56:04 From Gabby Ross to Everyone: On the Home Front blog: https://hfront.org/ 18:56:13 From Gabby Ross to Everyone: outreach@nlihc.org 18:56:14 From Sarah Saadian to Everyone: Thank you, everyone! There were so many great, creative ideas! 18:56:21 From Gabby Ross to Everyone: ā€œMore Run-Around and Rejection Than Rent Assistanceā€ blog post: https://hfront.org/2022/10/20/more-run-around-and-rejection-than-rent-assistance/ 18:56:27 From Kerri Hill to Everyone: City by city, county by county, state by state until nationwide āœŠ 18:56:27 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: add me to Friday blog/news plz llsod.lindalee@gmail.com 18:56:33 From Gabby Ross to Everyone: Join the Tenant Talk FB page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TenantTalk 18:56:40 From Jose Flores to Everyone: thank you some non profits are getting small homes for those who are in need of housing Boyle Heights area 18:56:44 From CJ OHara to Everyone: How do people schedule interviews for tenant perspective? I can not seem to find it in the newletter 18:56:52 From Mary Cook to Everyone: @Kerri Hill -- You are absolutely right. 18:56:52 From Gabby Ross to Everyone: Maria Foscarinisā€™ email address: maria@mariafoscarinis.com 18:57:34 From Gabby Ross to Everyone: CTC blog post: https://childtaxcreditoutreach.org/frequently-asked-questions-how-families-can-know-if-they-received-the-2021-expanded-ctc/ 18:57:43 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: home owning with Supportive and Wrap Around services for extremely low income 1st x owners. !!!!! 18:58:12 From BRIAN HORNE to Everyone: Thanks! 18:58:13 From Mary Cook to Everyone: Encourage your friends, families and neighbors to do their research for resources 18:58:14 From Linda Soderstrom to Everyone: aging out foster children get VOUCHERS EVERYBODY 18:58:15 From Nakia Sims Hillary Consulting Services to Everyone: Please be sure to not resident organizing funds unspent rollover to PHaā€™s. Advocacy for lease violations to not be a subterfuge to dissolve resident advisor boards and tenant councils 18:58:17 From Shanzeh Aslam to Everyone: thank you all@