STEALTH Rental Housing Issue Few Know About * Victims of Domestic Violence

Few landlords or property managers realize that they have rights and duties when residents are victims of domestic violence.  The website Legalmomentum.org is an EXCELLENT resource and has a publication that outlines this issue for rental housing providers on a state-by-state basis...

http://www.legalmomentum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=erhdv_22

Knowing what you can and can not do, what the tenant/victim must provide and how to handle the abuser will go a long way toward making a bad situation less traumatic for you and your residents.

 
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2 Comments on STEALTH Rental Housing Issue Few Know About * Victims of Domestic Violence

Hi Wallace!   I hadn't thought of this particular issue in this context.  According to the legalmomentum link, Hawaii hasn't done much on this yet, but it surely bears watching.   Thanks for sharing.  Jerry 

05/15/2008 12:04 PM by Jerry Bangerter (RE/MAX Kai Lani)

Wallace:

That is excellent information to share with owners of investment property. Thanks. You always post useful information.

05/16/2008 01:23 AM by Lisa Lambert, Esq. (1031 Exchange Expert) (1031 Exchanges - Asset Preservation, Inc.)

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