Posted on 05/20/2024 5:24:34 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU
The Minnesota Senate on Friday approved a package of partisan changes to landlord-tenant law that are poised to make housing more expensive for renters and create significant burdens for landlords. The landlord-tenant conference report is the product of an agreement between Democrat House and Senate negotiators on SF 3492, the landlord-tenant bill the Senate passed by an overwhelmingly partisan vote in April.
Sen. Eric Lucero (R-St. Michael), the lead Republican on the Senate’s Housing and Homelessness Prevention Committee, issued the following statement sharply criticizing the misplaced priorities in the bill:
“The cost of housing in Minnesota is dramatically more expensive than all surrounding states. Unfortunately, the Democrat majority has put virtually zero effort into addressing the root causes of expensive housing in Minnesota. Instead of encouraging more homeownership, preserving naturally occurring affordable housing, and developing additional rental properties, Democrats took an adversarial approach to the landlord-tenant relationship that erodes private property rights and jeopardizes the safety of everyone who live in multi-family housing. More should have been done to increase the supply of affordable housing options. Democrats failed to deliver once again.”
NOTABLE PROVISIONS
The bill mandates that landlords accept alternative IDs like ITINs and prohibits denying rental applications based on pending eviction actions, making it exceedingly difficult to vet applicants and increasing the risk of housing unsuitable tenants. The bill places more burdens on landlords and limits their ability to respond to tenant abandonment. If a tenant abandons a lease, the landlord must attempt to rent the dwelling at market value. Failure to do so results in immediate termination of the rental agreement, absolving the tenant of rent liability. The bill allows non-resident tenant organizing groups access to apartment buildings, presenting potential safety concerns for residents and staff. This is particularly concerning after a Brooklyn Park apartment complex caretaker was murdered in February.
Flee Minnesota. Run for your lives.
I’m a Florida landlord. Thanks to Florida law we don’t have the problems landlords have in other states. But you must follow the procedures. For example, on an eviction you must list the county the property is in. XXX Parkway Blvd, Unit 2, Wakulla County, Florida, 32327. Fail to put down the county and you’re back to square one and the tenant gets about another six weeks of free rent and opportunity to run down the property.
Having said that, I’ve reduced my evictions to zero. I did this by insisting on two month’s rent in advance as a deposit. So, to move in is three month’s rent. The number of scofflaws who apply drops to zero. Drug users, alcoholics and your typical crazy simply can’t come up with that much money. Incidentally, I’ve been able to rent my properties before I even list them. Often the outgoing tenant knows someone, and I often get calls from renters who left years ago looking to come back.
We have rental properties in upstate NY. Good Cause just passed downstate so it will be filtering in up here. Namely the TENANTS have the say so over whether or not they will continue to stay just as long as they continue to pay their rent (late). The landlord has no option to non-renew PITA tenants. If you do take them to eviction court, they can claim a hardship (can’t find other housing in school district, etc) so will be allowed to stay rent free for up to a year at your place.
We are NOT allowed to collect two months sec dep here (one month max/application fees $20 max/late charges max of $50 or lesser of 5% of rent) AND have to return any sec dep in 14 days. Only one month (Thanks Peekaboo James).
We have to give them up to 90 days notice to leave/rent increase depending on length of tenancy. Tenant only has to give you 30 days notice no matter what.
No “3 days to pay or quit” like it used to be. Now it is 6 day late notice and 14 days to pay or quit.
Around here the tenant pool is about 5 miles wide and 1 inch deep. Same old multiple baby mama/daddy drama, majority of applicants are on some sort of assistance or have no visible means of supporting themselves. We get a lot of bums from down south who can’t be self supporting and come here specifically for the “resources” aka handouts.
Attorneys say don’t DARE put down “winning party will recoup legal fees” as if they rule against you they can judgement you for 3X the legal expenses incurred by the tenant (in other words you will be funding Legal Aid)
And then there’s the fake ESA fiasco. Received FAKE ESA “documentation” the other day and she already started throwing the “D” word around (discrimination) before she had even completed my 49 question automated prequalification form (before they even get a showing or application).
Watch out. Just b/c you’re in Florida, these same policies infiltrate into red areas. No one is safe as long as there is a single Marxist in gov’t, federally or locally.
The Democrats’ war on landlords should be seen for what it is — a Constitutional taking of property requiring compensation.
The issue of confiscation, the issue of private property…. Why do these actions of controlling how a private landlord must act and be monitored by the communal apartment police (don’t think they are not this) seem like the start of commies running housing in the State?
The idea is first to discourage people from wanting to become landlords, or to give up, if they already are.
The ultimate goal is for the government to own all housing, and dictate where people will live.
Minnesota Liberals are trying hard to beat California with their resident-busting bills. Nearly daily shootings innMinneapolis, rising taxes, abortion to birth, and more. A great state is being ruined.
What an obvious move to create more discord in order for a communist take all revolution.
Yes a great state is indeed being ruined. There’s actually lots of sanity there when you get out of MSP metro, but they are swamped by the Cities. I spent a great 10 years there but was very happy to leave when I did.
But hey, how ‘bout those T-Wolves!
Exactly. I’ve had 70 responses to my prequalification form and only ONE person qualified but he backed out at the last minute due to move in funds.
“Watch out. Just b/c you’re in Florida, these same policies infiltrate into red areas. No one is safe as long as there is a single Marxist in gov’t, federally or locally.”
You’re right that the landlord business is getting more difficult. If DeSantis had lost out to the gay drug user communist black guy I’m pretty sure the landlord business would already be much worse. I plan on selling the properties as they come available. That may take ten years as my present tenants are all long-termers. I’m just too old now to do the work myself and that’s the only way to make a profit. I can put on the best metal roof available for five or so thousand dollars. But it’s technically illegal as I’m a landlord. If I have it contracted, I’d pay over $20,000. Think of the number of years it takes to make up that markup. Then figure in plumbing and air conditioning repairs and I’m only losing money on every house every year. (Yet the government complains rents are unaffordable.)
Amen! Fortunately we do all the work ourselves although we are no spring chickens and we get supplies for mostly wholesale as husband has a contracting biz, mostly HVAC.
Damn, you read their play book 😂
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