At a recent city council meeting in Portland, Oregon proponents of rental regulations that bar landlords from rejecting tenants for bad credit or violent criminal history scolded those landlords who objected, accusing them of disseminating misleading information and...
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Tenants Want Landlords to Report Rent Payments
The ability to report rent payments each month to a credit bureau is a significant breakthrough for landlords in the battle for on-time rent. Before that service became available, landlords were the most likely creditors to be ignored. A new survey points to another...
Facebook Rental Ads Under Scrutiny in Canada
The Canadian Human Rights Commission and the Ontario Human Rights Commission are expressing concern that rental ads placed on Facebook Canada potentially are discriminatory. The concern was triggered by a lawsuit filed in the U.S. against Facebook alleging that its...
Ontario Announces 2020 Rent Increase Guideline
Ontario landlords are allowed to increase rent by 2.2% in 2020. The guideline represents the maximum amount a landlord can raise rent without applying to the Landlord and Tenant Board for an above-guideline increase. Due to a recent change in the residential tenancy...
National Housing Conference Puts Focus on Amateur Landlords
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation just released a report detailing its findings from the latest National Housing Conference. Among the issues discussed by housing experts was the rental housing market. CMHC concludes that it's views on renting may be...
These Tenants More Likely to Pay Rent on Time
This might come as a surprise to some landlords, but a majority of tenants actually want to report rent payments to a credit reporting agency. A recent survey conducted by TransUnion credit bureau shows that a whopping 73% of tenants say that reporting monthly rent...
Portland Orders Landlords to Lower Tenant Screening Standards
A controversial new rental regulation package was passed by Portland's City Council. The rules include a requirement that landlords accept the first qualified applicant to apply, consider tenants with poor credit history, and allow tenants with felony convictions --...
Airbnb House Party Turns Deadly
A North Carolina landlord was in the process of evicting a tenant for unauthorized subletting when an Airbnb guest's party at the rental property turned deadly. Four people were shot, one fatally, according to a news report. It is not known whether the "hundreds" of...
5 Tips for New Tenant Orientations
Landlords who want tenants to follow the rules and properly care for a rental property are well-advised to conduct a new tenant orientation. Here are some tips to make the most of an orientation: 1. Create a list of topics to cover. Some basic requirements include...
Popular Tenant Scams (as Revealed by Tenants)
Bad tenants are funny. They complain about landlords not giving them a fair shake, but then they post their most corrupt ideas on the Internet for others to follow -- and for landlords to see. Here are a few choice examples: How to Hide a Bad Rental History This is a...