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Flat owners get notice to get tenant, servant verification done
Several residents' welfare associations in the city have sent notices to flat owners to get verification of their tenants and domestic helps done within 15 days, failing which they will face police action.
Read More »Rental Resource: For renters, landlords, screening works both ways
The first thing anybody looks for when searching for housing is a place that suits his or her tastes and needs. That’s an understandable place to start, but an underrated aspect of the search
Read More »Tenant registration out of proposal
The tenant registration portion of a proposed city ordinance dealing with rental properties has been removed, according to city officials
Read More »Public housing evictions failing despite drugs and crime
Almost every attempt to kick out drug dealers, criminals and troublemakers from public housing fails, with the state tenancy tribunal rejecting more than three out of every four cases
Read More »Tenant Screening Software Platform Improves with Low Cost National Criminal and Eviction Reporting on Prospective Tenants
VerticalRent announced today the release of criminal and eviction reports, powered by Experian Public records, the largest originally sourced data in the United States. Landlords and property management firms can purchase individual criminal reports
Read More »Tenant caught growing drugs
Court action has been taken against a rogue tenant caught growing drugs in their Shoreline property. Despite pleas he couldn't be evicted as he had only "done it once", the area's largest affordable housing
Read More »Landlord found guilty of killing tenant
A city landlord claimed he fatally shot an unarmed black man in self defense, but a jury found otherwise Friday, convicting him of murder
Read More »Landlord charged in tenant’s death
Sheriff’s deputies charged a Wilson County landlord in the death of a tenant she’s accused of pushing down the stairs nine months ago.
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