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Milwaukee Common Council Approves Legislation Requiring Lead-Safe Certification Before a Property can Be Rented To Public
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Lead-Based Paint, Legislation, City of Milwaukee / Comments
On July 7, 2020, the full City of Milwaukee Common Council approved legislation to create a program certifying that rental properties are lead-safe before they can be rented to tenants. Authored by Alderman Ramsey, this resolution directs the Department of Administration-Intergovernmental Relations Division to seek the introduction and passage of state legislation that would permit the City of Milwaukee to create a program requiring rental property owners to certify that rental ...
Read MoreYou Will Not Want To Miss AASEW's Fourth Annual Landlord Boot Camp on Saturday Feb. 25th
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Tenant Damage, Credit Checks, AASEW, Lead-Based Paint, Fair Housing / Discrimination, Protected Classes, Evictions, Late Fees, Notices, Collections, Emergency Assistance, City of Milwaukee, Screening Tenants, Rental Agreements, Rental Documents, Seminars, Pets, Security Deposit, Milwaukee County, Property Management, Mitigation of Damages / Re-Renting, Untenantability, Execution of Writ, State of Wisconsin, Self-Help Evictions, Right of Entry, Reasonable Modifications, Reasonable Accommodations, Rejecting Rental Applicants, Walkthroughs, De Novo Hearings, Earnest Money, Landlord Liability, Small Claims Court, Holdover Damages, Roommates, Smoke Detectors / Comments
Landlording can be pretty complex, with a seemingly never ending myriad of paperwork, rules, landlord-tenant laws and simple mistakes that can cost you thousands of dollars.The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin's Fourth Annual “Landlord Boot Camp” can help you navigate these treacherous waters and teach you how to run your properties with greater profit and less hassles.I have given similar landlord-tenant law seminars to fellow attorneys, landlords, and property manager ...
Read MoreAudits In Milwaukee by HUD Regarding Compliance with Lead-Based Paint Disclosure Laws
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Lead-Based Paint / Comments
A fellow board member on the Apartment Association of SE Wisconsin forwarded the email below to me and other landlord-tenant attorneys and others in the industry. It concerns the recent audits of landlords and management companies in the city of Miwlaukee with regard to complying with the federal lead-based paint disclosure laws. I spoke with a potential client yesterday who was also ...
Read MoreLatest EPA Proposed Changes to "Renovate Right" Rules -- Deadline to Provide Feedback July 6th
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Lead-Based Paint, Remodeling / Renovation, Legislation / Comments
ALERT! The latest EPA proposal will require dust sampling and lab testing clearance on many small jobs. The EPA estimates $160 per room in testing cost. In WI testing can only be done by state certified risk assessors and the cost is about $240 per room. So a repair to a damaged door jamb could cost ten times as much as it does today, and many times more than that if ...
Read MoreWisconsin's New Lead-Safe Renovation Rule is Upon Us - April 22, 2010 - Get Trained
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Lead-Based Paint, Remodeling / Renovation / Comments
From a March 1, 2010 post by Tim Ballering on the AASEW Advisors listserv:Beginning April 22nd you will be required to be trained and have WIDHFS or EPA certification even to work on your own pre 1978 rentalhousing.Yes the rule will be very expensive to comply with (See the articlesbelow). Yes it is another -- to put it in terms the government uses --unfunded mandate. But it is now the ...
Read MoreLandlords Should Attend EPA Lead Renovation Meeting On Feb. 15th
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Lead-Based Paint, Legislation / Comments
The Bad News: Those of you who have been following along on this list have heard about the new EPA Law, beginning April 22, 2010, that regulates any renovation work that disturbs 6 sq. ft. or more of paint per room, 20 sq. ft. or more of exterior paint, or involves windows. This law specifically includes rental property owners, management companies and their employees. Your workers and company ...
Read MoreUpcoming AASEW Meetings, Topics & Speakers
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Lead-Based Paint, Remodeling / Renovation, Seminars / Comments
The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. (AASEW) has some very interesting speakers and topics for its upcoming monthly membership meetings in 2010. All meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Best Western Midway Hotel which is located at 1005 S. Moorland Road in Brookfield. There is no cost to attend the meetings. If you are not yet a member of ...
Read MoreLEAD-BASED PAINT DISCLOSURE FORM: YOU MUST USE THIS DOCUMENT!
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Lead-Based Paint, Rental Documents / Comments
Just last week I read yet another article about an owner and its management company in California being threatened with a $330,000 fine for failure to give it's tenants a lead-based paint and lead-based paint hazard disclosure notice as required under federal law. Yes, that number is correct - $330,000 - I did not mistakenly add an extra 0 or two. That is $11,000 per violation for the 30 ...
Read MoreNEW RULES FOR LEAD-SAFE REMODELING GO INTO EFFECT IN 2010
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in AASEW, Lead-Based Paint, Remodeling / Renovation / Comments
New rules for remodeling of houses built before 1978 go into effect in April of 2010. As of April 22, 2010 any person or business that disturbs more than 6 square feet of interior surface that may contain lead-based paint or more than 20 square feet of exterior surface that may contain lead-based paint will be subject to the EPA's 2008 Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule.In the past a ...
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