Cleveland is ready to fine thousands of rule-breaking landlords to start 2025
Thousands of landlords ignoring code violations in Cleveland could get hit with a new $200 fine in early 2025.John Pana, cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — Thousands of landlords ignoring code violations in Cleveland could be getting a special gift from the city’s inspectors to start 2025: a $200 fine. The city’s Building and Housing department is […]
Ohio Supreme Court’s rulings bring mixed results for policyholders
COMMENTARY FROM ZAK: I am not sure if this will force insurance companies to cover lead paint losses. Somehow I believe the insurance companies will find a loophole to still consider this an “excluded peril”. Two recent rulings from the Ohio Supreme Court provided a mix of benefits and concerns for policyholders in the state, […]
EPA cites Salt Lake City building owner for not providing lead paint hazard notice Pacific Coast Capital to pay $74K, settling alleged violations at rental apartments
December 17, 2024 Contact Information Marisa Lubeck (lubeck.marisa@epa.gov) SALT LAKE CITY — Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement with Pacific Coast Capital Investors, LLC, the owner of North Aspen Apartments in Salt Lake City, Utah, for allegedly failing to notify tenants of lead-based paint hazards on the property. Pacific Coast Capital agreed […]
Brooklyn tenants to receive $2.9 million in settlement with notorious landlord over hazardous conditions
Tenants of one of Brooklyn’s biggest landlords are set to receive $2.9 million in restitution after an investigation found “repeated and egregious” violations of housing maintenance codes, including issues with lead paint, mold and pest infestations. On Friday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced a $6.5 million settlement with Lilmor Management, LLC, and its principal, […]
NYC’s ‘worst landlord’ agrees to historic $6.5 million settlement over thousands of violations
The city’s “worst landlord” has agreed to pay a historic $6.5 million in fines and restitution to its tenants for a slew of housing violations — including conditions that left 130 young children with lead poisoning. Lilmor Management and its owner, Morris Lieberman, admitted in their agreement with the state and feds that they violated […]
Judge holds Scranton landlord in contempt for abatement in apartment where tenant claims 2-year-old daughter got lead poisoning
SCRANTON – In a lawsuit by a mother claiming her 2-year-old daughter was poisoned from lead paint in their apartment at 961 Wheeler Ave., a judge on Tuesday sanctioned the landlord for contempt for failing to remove the toxic element. Lackawanna County Judge James Gibbons granted a “motion for contempt” by plaintiff Kathleen Mulholland and […]
Study unearths concerning link between Americans and exposure to deadly toxin
https://nypost.com/2024/12/08/lifestyle/study-unearths-concerning-link-between-americans-and-exposure-to-deadly-toxin/ Lead exposure in the 20th century may have led to mental health issues in Americans, a new study suggests. Researchers from Duke University and Florida State University studied the impact of lead in gasoline, which was first added in 1923 to help keep car engines healthy. (It was later banned from all U.S. […]
Cleveland struggles to make rental properties lead safe
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Children’s well-being is at stake in Cleveland’s lead-safe refresh, version 3.0: editorial
Editorial Board, cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer The good news is that Cleveland is still trying valiantly to recalibrate its approach to making Cleveland rentals lead-safe by 2028 — this time by creating a special section in the city’s Housing and Building Department that will take a case-management approach to helping noncompliant small landlords navigate the bureaucracy, […]
Attorney General’s Office settles with landlord accused of neglecting north Minneapolis homes HavenBrook Homes agrees to pay $2.2 million in restitution, forgive up to $1.9 million of tenants’ debt and attempt to sell its rental homes.
The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office has settled a consumer protection lawsuit it launched two years ago against a “hedge fund-owned mega landlord” that rents and manages more than 600 rental properties in the state. The AG’s office had accused HavenBrook Homes, its parent company Progress Residential and the “syndicate of corporations” behind them of extracting profits from […]