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Housing Discrimination: What Actions Are Covered?
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Fair Housing / Discrimination, Protected Classes / Comments
There are federal, state and municipal laws that make discrimination in the area of housing illegal. The breadth of fair housing laws is vast and landlords should educate themselves on just what actions may be discriminatory before they get themselves into trouble.I have previously blogged about what the various protected classes are but this post will focus on what actions may be considered to be discriminatory if they are solely ...
Read MoreSelf-Help Evictions (or Why You Should Not Remove The Roof In An Attempt To Evict Your Tenant)
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in ATCP 134, Evictions, Self-Help Evictions / Comments
I apologize for the delay in drafting a new post but this has been a crazy week with two trials in the early part of the week and another one tomorrow (all tenants fighting evictions and none of these trials have been or will be easy). But enough with the excuses . . .I saw a recent article about a landlord in Lusaka, Zambia (Africa) that actually attempted ...
Read MoreSome of The Best Bedbug Information That I Have Read To Date
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Bedbugs / Comments
If my crystal ball is correct we will be seing a large uptick in litigation regarding bedbugs in the future -- both tenants suing landlords for not dealing with the bedbug infestations and landlords suing tenants for bringing the critters into the landord's property. There have already been lots of lawsuits regarding bedbugs, many of which I have touched on in a prior blog post. If you need some basic information on bedbugs please ...
Read MoreUpcoming Landlord-Tenant Law Seminar on Nov. 3rd.
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Seminars / Comments
I will be co-presenting a landlord-tenant law seminar for Sterling Education Services (S.E.S.) on Wednesday, November 3, 2010.The seminar is entitled "8th Annual Landlord-Tenant Law Update" and will run from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm. Registration will open at 8 am. The seminar will be held at The Residence Inn Downtown which is located at 648 N. Plankinton Avenue in Milwaukee.I will be speaking on three main ...
Read MoreNew Rental Agreement for Self-Service Storage Units Now Available at Wisconsin Legal Blank
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Agreements, Rental Documents, Self-Service Storage Units / Comments
I have recently drafted a Self-Service Storage Unit Rental Agreement that is now available and being sold at Wisconsin Legal Blank Co., Inc. Additionally I have drafted two seperate default notices that should be sent to the tenant who has breached the rental agreement for the self-service storage unit. The two default notices contain differernt language as required per Wisconsin's new law regarding self-service storage facilities and units.Self-service storage facilities ...
Read MoreBusiness Journal Article Addresses Fallout of the City's RRI Ordinance To Date
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in DNS, City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
I was recently interviewed by Business Journal reporter Sean Ryan regarding the fallout of the dismissal of three landlords' lawsuit against the City of Milwaukee regarding the unconstitutionality of its Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) program. My most recent post on the subject can be read here.On October 1, 2010, The Business Journal published its article entitled "Judge Upholds Milwaukee Home Inspection Program. Reporter Sean Ryan spoke with the ...
Read MoreImagine If Every Tenant Received A Free Lawyer In Eviction Actions . . . It Could Become A Reality
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Legislation, State of Wisconsin / Comments
If Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc, 274 lawyers, 7 judges and 2 court commissioners,have it their way, all indigent persons that are involved in civil lawsuits involving issues of "basic human needs" will be given a free lawyer.According to a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article and ABA Journal article the Wisconsin Supreme Court has been petitioned and asked to require that all indigent persons involved in civil lawsuits that involve issues impacting ...
Read MoreNew Carbon Monoxide Detector Notice Form (and Others) Available at Wisconsin Legal Blank
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Rental Documents, Carbon Monoxide Detectors / Comments
I have recently completed drafting 3 new forms that Wisconsin Legal Blank Co., Inc. now has available for purchase that should assist landlords and property managers with their rental units..The new forms are:1. Carbon Monoxide Detector Notice:As of April 1, 2010, state law requires that an owner of a residential property must install a carbon monoxide detector in various locations within the property. This new notice sets forth the ...
Read MoreBedbugs, Bedbugs and More Bedbugs!
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in Bedbugs / Comments
Since my earlier post on the topic of bedbugs, I have been innodated with more and more information on bed bugs. It seems that every blog or newspaper article you read, every radio station that you listen to, and/or television station that you watch has recently addressed this lovely topic. As a result I thought I would devote another blog post to this topic replete with multiple links to the recent ...
Read MoreLandlords Lose Lawsuit
Posted by Tristan R. Pettit, Esq. in City of Milwaukee, Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) Program / Mandatory Rental I / Comments
On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, Judge Timothy Witkowiak denied three landlords' motion for summary judgment against the City of Milwaukee and granted the City's cross motion for summary judgment against the landlords, with regard to constitutionality of the city's new RRI ordinance. This ruling effectively ended the lawsuit.The lawsuit dealt with the City's new Residential Rental Inspection (RRI) program/ordinance that went into effect on January 1, 2010. The RRI ordinance requires ...
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