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Question: What can the landlord do when water is obviously leaking from one of the resident’s homes? And what if the leak is less obvious, e.g. from under the home?

Over the next couple months, MHCO will focus on the most significant new FHA “protected classes.”  Analysis will explain the legal basis for extending FHA protection to the group and list the practical measures landlords can take to manage liability risks when dealing with members of each group. We’ll conclude the analysis of each new emerging protected class with a quiz question enabling you to apply the principles to a real-life situation involving an applicant or tenant from that particular group.

Emerging Protected Class: Housing Voucher Holders & Others with Nontraditional Sources of Income

Detecting Elder Abuse in Your Park  

By Terry R. Dowdall, Esq.

■UPSHOT:

     –For every reported case of elder abuse, there are more than 24 undetected cases never reported (according to an East Coast study). 

     – Almost all victims are in a private residence behind closed doors. 

     – The number of 65+ people increases by 10,000 daily; 8,000 more retire each day.

     – Greedy predator care-givers in California cannot take from the deceased. The Care-giver is disqualified. Cannot be a beneficiary of the estate, even if named in the will of the deceased resident!

     Elder abusers.Who are they?Most frequently, family members(grown kids: chronically unemployed, unemployable, parolees, deeply indebted, thieves, grifters).  All need money, a bed, an address. These are their prime opportunities for taking over grandpa’s house, then neglecting, abusing, ignoring, abandoning, or stealing— all undetected, behind closed doors, away from any danger signs. Until it is too late.