Re: Mandatory Disclosures Seattle Tenants

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Does anybody else see the many problems with this inadequate " solution " ?

In particular, tenants need to be notified if THEIR BUILDING has a mold

problem.

The same thing with lead paint.. The solution provided is an almost useless

one because the people who

need the information see these pamphlets all the time and they don't connect

them

with the real world situation. Also, they often can't afford to buy or even

rent new housing.

What they need is safe housing without issues they would then need to

complain about.

Poor people are already living in a precarious situation.

Working people have a very real concern that if they complain

they will be evicted " for their own protection " , or harassed in retaliation,

and

keeping a stable place to live is essential to being able to hold a job.

A bad landlords response to mold complaints is not unusually to try to

address it in the cheapest possible manner.

If the mold is a problem of long standing, due to negligence on the part of

the landlord, often they will then

try in no small way to try to get rid of the tenant who has complained, not

fix the problem.

Tenants know this and because they need references to rent, then, fear that

without a good reference

they will not be able to rent another place to live.

Solutions that don't address those problems realistically, fall flat.

They offer a false, empty promise of safety which is really a trap for the

unwary.

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 10:18 AM, tigerpaw2c <tigerpaw2c@...> wrote:

> Tuesday, December 2, 2008

> Mandatory Disclosures Seattle Tenants

> Posted by WiSa at 4:27 AM

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> http://duffy-real-estate.blogspot.com/2008/12/mandatory-disclosures-

> seattle-tenants.html

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