Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion May 11, 2023
Here is a budget estimate for landlords to purchase a $600,000 three-unit building: $120,000 down payment. Mortgage: $3,000 a month. Rent: $4,500 a month. Property taxes: $750 a month. Net profit: $750 a month (excluding insurance, repairs, utilities, registration fees, stormwater fees, maintenance, plowing, yardwork). Many small-business property owners accept a small annual loss or a minimal profit for the short term. It is a long-term... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Opinion May 06, 2023
Portland voters have made it clear time and again that they believe tenants need more protections, not less. In November of 2020 and again in 2022, Portland voters overwhelmingly passed some of the strongest rent stabilization and tenant protections on the eastern seaboard. Yet... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Opinion March 10, 2023
Recent comments ( Letters, March 2) assume a housing crisis in Boston, and one reader claimed, with no data, that “excessive profits in real estate are widely acknowledged.” I cannot speak for large landlords, who own large buildings with higher rents that tend to have been... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion February 13, 2023
Re: : This proposal would benefit both landlords and tenants. It allows landlords to keep existing rent prices stable for their current tenants and, in return, landlords can raise rents to market rates once a tenant moves out. Originally, I did not raise rent on existing... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA Nation January 05, 2023
California civil rights officials have sued two Sacramento landlords, alleging they illegally harassed and evicted a tenant because she paid through a Section 8 voucher. The lawsuit, announced Wednesday, is the first brought by the state Civil Rights Department under a 2020... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Opinion December 29, 2022
Kudos to Andrew Brinker for highlighting the challenges facing small landlords, who “own nearly half of the rental properties in Massachusetts” ( Page A1, Dec. 26). Small landlord buildings command lower rents than those owned by large landlords, putting these small... + más
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The Boston Globe USA Business December 26, 2022
For the two decades Erika Patino’s parents owned their modest two-family in Hyde Park, the house was a rock for them, their ticket to economic stability. The Patinos, now both in their 60s, lived on the first floor, and the money they made renting out the rest of the home... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion October 20, 2022
As former members of Portland’s rent board – one a homeowner in District 5 and the board’s first chairperson; the other a tenant in District 1 – we write to express our strong support for ballot . During our time on the rent board, we saw firsthand how Portland’s... + más
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