Tristan’s Landlord-Tenant Law Blog
"Reasonable Modifications:" What A Landlord Needs To Know About This Important Topic
The term "reasonable modifications" is used throughout the federal Fair Housing Act as well as Wisconsin's Open Housing law (which for the most part adopts federal law). Requests for reasonable modifications by tenant are on the rise. The Basics:Wisconsin's Open Housing law, which can be found at sec. 106.50, Wis. Stats., states that a landlord cannot refuse to permit, at the expense of a person with a disability, reasonable modifications to the ...
Latest EPA Proposed Changes to "Renovate Right" Rules -- Deadline to Provide Feedback July 6th
ALERT! The latest EPA proposal will require dust sampling and lab testing clearance on many small jobs. The EPA estimates $160 per room in testing cost. In WI testing can only be done by state certified risk assessors and the cost is about $240 per room. So a repair to a damaged door jamb could cost ten times as much as it does today, and many times more than that if ...
Wisconsin's New Lead-Safe Renovation Rule is Upon Us - April 22, 2010 - Get Trained
From a March 1, 2010 post by Tim Ballering on the AASEW Advisors listserv:Beginning April 22nd you will be required to be trained and have WIDHFS or EPA certification even to work on your own pre 1978 rentalhousing.Yes the rule will be very expensive to comply with (See the articlesbelow). Yes it is another -- to put it in terms the government uses --unfunded mandate. But it is now the ...
Upcoming AASEW Meetings, Topics & Speakers
The Apartment Association of Southeastern Wisconsin, Inc. (AASEW) has some very interesting speakers and topics for its upcoming monthly membership meetings in 2010. All meetings are held on the 3rd Monday of the month at 7 pm at the Best Western Midway Hotel which is located at 1005 S. Moorland Road in Brookfield. There is no cost to attend the meetings. If you are not yet a member of ...
NEW RULES FOR LEAD-SAFE REMODELING GO INTO EFFECT IN 2010
New rules for remodeling of houses built before 1978 go into effect in April of 2010. As of April 22, 2010 any person or business that disturbs more than 6 square feet of interior surface that may contain lead-based paint or more than 20 square feet of exterior surface that may contain lead-based paint will be subject to the EPA's 2008 Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule.In the past a ...