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A landlord in Halifax discovered that a tenant was hoarding more than fifty cats in a one bedroom apartment. According to a news report, the tenant was cooperative in surrendering the cats to a nearby animal shelter. The report states that the landlord will allow the...
Rose blooms are not the only thing signaling the approach of summer. It's also nesting time for bats. Bats may have an important place in the ecosystem, but they also can carry rabies. Plus, they scare a lot of people, including your tenants. Pregnant bats nest in the...
Recently, police raided a rental property in Charlottesville, Virginia and arrested three people suspected of operating an illegal business there. The trio are accused of selling thousands of fake ID's, mostly to college students around the country. The dramatic raid...
A little advance planning goes a long way when it comes to dealing with tenants who bounce checks. That planning begins with a review of your lease: Typically, landlords have the right to charge fees for bad checks -- if it's covered in the lease. Depending on your...
A California jury has sided with the landlords in a lawsuit over mold and other alleged hazards in an apartment. The tenants were requesting millions of dollars in compensation from the landlords. Following a nine-week trial, the Santa Barbara jury returned a 12-0...
Rose blooms are not the only thing signaling the approach of summer. It's also nesting time for bats. Bats may have an important role to play in the ecosystem, but they are hard to warm up to. Plus, they can carry rabies. That makes bats scary to a lot of people,...
Police in the U.S. raided a rental property last week and arrested three people suspected of operating an illegal business. The trio are accused of selling thousands of fake ID's, mostly to college students around the country. The dramatic raid shocked nearby...
Technology has made it easier than ever for tenants and landlords to link up. Unfortunately, these same digital advances also make it far too easy for problem tenants to remain under the radar. If landlords were to go “all in” with today’s new leasing technologies,...
The Manitoba legislature is debating a new bill to amend the Residential Tenancies Act. While still in its formative stages, key components of the law, Bill 40, are expected to include: A set guideline for rent increases, possibly based on the Consumer Price Index or...
Police report they have arrested a 33-year-old tenant who is accused of running an apartment rental scam in Saskatoon. Saskatoon Police say they received 25 complaints from people who attempted to rent a property from the man, who they believed posed as the landlord....
A recent report from the Center for Housing Policy uncovered the fact that the number of renters paying 50% or more of their income for rent has increased to one in four. According to the study, median housing costs of working renters rose nearly six percent between...
Technology has made it easier than ever for tenants and landlords to link up. Unfortunately, these same advances also make it far too easy for problem tenants to stay under the radar. If landlords were to go "all in" with today's new leasing technologies, they could...
According to a recent renter survey, 75 percent of tenants say they are pet owners, compared to 43 percent in 2012. These findings, compiled by Apartments.com, a leading Internet apartment listing service, align with the improving U.S. economy; according to an...
What do noisy neighbours and cigarette smoking have in common? These are both examples of possible violations of a landlord's duty to provide a tenant quiet enjoyment. This covenant is implied in every lease, whether verbal or written, and it cannot be avoided,...
Lawmakers in Ontario have vowed to set rent increase caps on condo rentals. The current rent increase guidelines for other rentals in Ontario is capped at not more than 2.5 per cent, regardless of economic indicators. Newer condo rentals have been exempt from that...
Tenant rights advocates are saying that British Columbia's rental laws should be modified using Ontario as a model. A consortium of advocacy groups recently released a report profiling thirteen suggested changes to British Columbia's current Residential Tenancy Act. A...
Police in Gloucester, Massachusetts were called in to settle a dispute between tenants which apparently centered around a Boston Red Sox game. A news report says the conflict started when one tenant removed and hid the cable box for the common area TV because she...
Q: If a tenant moves out and breaks the lease, how do you go about making him liable for the rent? If he moves, I would not know where he went or how to track him down. Since moving in, I know he has changed jobs so that would not be an option. How do you go about...
According to Randy Frost and Gail Steketee, co-authors of Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding and the Meaning of Things, hoarding massive amounts of irrelevant objects dates back to the 14th century. Within the last several years hoarders have reluctantly taken their place in...
"Nuisance" Rental Law Faces New Legal Challenge A federal lawsuit was filed against the city of Norristown, Pennsylvania this week, alleging that its new rental ordinance penalizing landlords for multiple police calls to a rental property is unconstitutional. The...
