Schenectady laws unfairly stacked against landlords
Stop the insanity! In an eviction in Schenectady, you wouldn’t want to be the landlord. This long, dragged-out process heavily favors the tenant. First of all, an eviction is the result of a tenant failing to abide by a signed contract. He has failed to pay his rent and, in many cases, is guilty of violating reasonable rules of conduct. Bottom line: It is the tenant’s irresponsibility that creates the need for an eviction. During the eviction process — from legal notification, to court proceedings, to sheriff lockout — two, three or more months go by while [the] landlord’s expenses just keep piling up: No rent, required legal fees, sheriff’s fees and, most likely, eventual serious repair costs. Then the fi nal blow: If tenant possessions are left behind, the landlord is required to pack up, transport and (in Schenectady) store these belongings for six months — at his own expense! Where is the rhyme or reason? Enough is enough! Why should a landlord be responsible for anything belonging to a deadbeat tenant after a lockout? It’s like rewarding the lawbreaker for breaking the law. Once the tenant is out, that should be it. Legislation has to change. Attention, Schenectady lawmakers and Schenectady Landlords Influencing Change [SLIC], this should be your next project.
CHRIS MORRIS Schenectady The writer is co-founder and member of SLIC.
holler all you want...it';s the price to pay for what kind of scum is renting.....credit reference check would be the first answer.....
Not 'all' landlords are slumlords! There are many responsible landlords....and this guy who wrote this article is one of them. They do the credit checks....these folks have jobs. But come to find out, these folks go from apt to apt leaving the landlord with major expenses from months of no rent to thousands in damages. Just ask the sheriff's dept....they have the list of all the folks they evict. They see the same names over and over!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
r u sure???.....i know there are great landlords....but from what is told.....there are slum landlords with DSS tenants....and Sect 8....altho...some Sec 8
are good people just having a bad time.....and have you seen some of these apts???.....wouldn't put a dog there.....
looks good from the outside....but then ENTER at your own risk...
Landlords, abandon your property and let it become the city's burden and let the city manage it. They will quickly realize their own regulations make it unmanageable.
Landlords, abandon your property and let it become the city's burden and let the city manage it. .
The city IS the landlord/owner to many foreclosed properties............and they are trying to sell them. They don't want to deal with their own bullsh!t.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
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