F.Y.I.: As of 10-16-2012; I have retained the Services of Legal AID of The Bluegrass and the Counsel of Cara Stewart in my Housing case defending against Dudley Properties II, LLC (aka DPM Housing), the Owners of the Bismarck Apartments Pro
The “entitlement” issue on the right is disgusting. Sure, there are people who use these programs for the wrong reasons. However, the vast majority need this assistance. This assistance is one of the marks of our government’s humanity and caring for human rights. Why aren't taxpaying citizens demanding more for the dollars they're already contributing from the Landlords already on the Take!
I've done all 3 of those and am now awaiting my day in court to save my HOME, punish the offending landlord and prevent future tenants from the same...
ject.
Bad Landlords in Federal Housing Complaints
Hundreds of landlords have been fined and/or debarred from doing business with the federal government as a result of failing to provide safe and decent housing for the poor, while enriching themselves on taxpayer-funded subsidies.
Tenants have been forced to live in terrible housing, and neighborhoods have suffered from housing eyesores. HUD calls this a double crime-one against tenants as well as taxpayers.
Bad Landlords in Federal Housing Complaints
Hundreds of landlords have been fined and/or debarred from doing business with the federal government as a result of failing to provide safe and decent housing for the poor, while enriching themselves on taxpayer-funded subsidies.
Tenants have been forced to live in terrible housing, and neighborhoods have suffered from housing eyesores. HUD calls this a double crime-one against tenants as well as taxpayers.
"Stigma is a degrading and debasing attitude of the society that discredits a person or a group because of an attribute (such as an illness, deformity, color, nationality, religion etc.) ...Stigma destroys a person’s dignity; marginalizes affected individuals; violates basic human rights; markedly diminishes the chances of a stigmatized person of achieving full potential; and seriously hampers pursuit of happiness and contentment. POVERTY: the most stigmatized attribute...
The “entitlement” issue on the right is disgusting. Sure, there are people who use these programs for the wrong reasons. However, the vast majority need this assistance. This assistance is one of the marks of our government’s humanity and caring for human rights. Why aren't taxpaying citizens demanding more for the dollars they're already contributing from the Landlords already on the Take!
"True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else."
- Clarence Darrow
- Clarence Darrow
Another "Outside Show" masking the lack of inner substance and conviction is revealed by the commentary, exclusivity, indifference and disdain for the least of our Covington brethren throughout the Code Enforcement, Rental Housing and Economic Development Discussions recently observed. Extremely infuriating are the outside NON-RESIDENT forces telling ME that I don't count, matter or are worthy of having my HUMAN/CIVIL Rights defended or fought for! "I'm disappointed in the lack of incorporations of recommendations of the task force," said Jerry Fink of Fairfield (OHIO!). Fink added that he would like to see work done on the language of the "triggers" . "This is discriminatory because it goes after property owners who happen to have rentals. We haven't addressed the real issues of personal responsibility of landlords and tenants." Actually, both Kentucky & Covington has through the passage/adoption of the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act.
"It's about the safety of the people that live in this city," said City Manager Larry Klein. "Government regulates business and (real estate) is a business. It attempts to hold owners accountable to make sure the properties are safe."
General Information about Retaliation: applies to jurisdictions in Kentucky that have enacted the Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant Act. "Your landlord may not retaliate against you by filing an eviction, threatening to file an eviction, increasing the rent or decreasing services if you have:
•Complained to a governmental agency responsible for enforcement of a building or housing code regarding something affecting your health or safety.
•Complained to the landlord regarding his maintenance obligations.
•Organized or joined a tenant's union. "
•Complained to a governmental agency responsible for enforcement of a building or housing code regarding something affecting your health or safety.
•Complained to the landlord regarding his maintenance obligations.
•Organized or joined a tenant's union. "
I've done all 3 of those and am now awaiting my day in court to save my HOME, punish the offending landlord and prevent future tenants from the same...
Christopher Gastright Section 8 has toughened its standards. They are actually so difficult to deal with at the moment that we have gone from 20 units down to maybe 6. No housing strategy based on enforcement is going to work in an economically depressed region.
You can call it anything you like, base it on any level of "make Covington a better place" but in the end what we are really talking about in terms of net effect is the displacement of poor people whether by bankrupting the industry which provides them housing, or by forcing owners to displace them based on their behavior.
So to sum up...... this law is:
1- Discriminatory in effect by placing more burden on the poorest of the poor through the agent of their housing provider.
2- Violates the privacy of anyone who legally signs a lease to take possession of a housing unit in Covington where an exterior trigger or poor relationship between owner and neighbors exists.
3- A strong dis-incentive to investment in Covington because 10,000 rental units will need a code boost every five to ten years based on average wear and tear.....leading to an enforced reinvestment of $40,000,000 every 10-15 years by my estimates on the part of the collective investor class.
4- Ignorant of the market, meaning it attempts to force a market to improve without any actual market improvements.
5- Discriminatory in that it establishes two classes of people in Covington, those who are subject to an invasion of privacy and those who arent.
6- Depressive to business as a whole in Covington. Your neighborhood does not get better when everyone in it makes less money.
Sincerely,
Someone who has decided to stop investing in Covington in the current climate.
1- Discriminatory in effect by placing more burden on the poorest of the poor through the agent of their housing provider.
2- Violates the privacy of anyone who legally signs a lease to take possession of a housing unit in Covington where an exterior trigger or poor relationship between owner and neighbors exists.
3- A strong dis-incentive to investment in Covington because 10,000 rental units will need a code boost every five to ten years based on average wear and tear.....leading to an enforced reinvestment of $40,000,000 every 10-15 years by my estimates on the part of the collective investor class.
4- Ignorant of the market, meaning it attempts to force a market to improve without any actual market improvements.
5- Discriminatory in that it establishes two classes of people in Covington, those who are subject to an invasion of privacy and those who arent.
6- Depressive to business as a whole in Covington. Your neighborhood does not get better when everyone in it makes less money.
Sincerely,
Someone who has decided to stop investing in Covington in the current climate.
Just what are those damn, pesky HQS's (Housing Quality Standards)??? As best I can determine, there are no basic differences between HUD's and Covington's minimum requirements for HQS. But it is only when a unit is made available through a HUD Voucher, is it held to any accountability to those standards. Aren't all residential renters entitled to that same minimum protection and safeguard???
The prejudice that now
surrounds those of us who live with HIV&AIDS -Many of us are part of the
47% on fixed Low-Incomes, now presents a threat to our Medicare/Ryan White Care
Act benefits, Prescription Drug coverage, SNAP, HUD Housing Assistance that
we're qualified for that has made it possible for us to Live to See this
Election!
As you may be aware;
I've received a 30 Day Notice to End my Lease by Dudley Properties II, LLC which
was up October 14th the Sunday after the HIVe P.R.I.D.E. Picnic &
Rally. This HOME, My HIVe in COVINGTON on The South Bank in
the Northern Kentucky part of the Tri-State based in the Queen City HUB of
Cincinnati is unstable...
Commonwealth of Kentucky –
Court of Justice Case Number 12-C-05453
Notice of Eviction
Hearing
Dudley Properties II, LLC
(dba/aka “Bismarck Apartments”) VS. Michael W Connett
(@SoBankQueenBee)
Date: Thursday November 8,
2012 Time: 1:30 PM
Location: Courtroom 4A – Kenton
Co. Justice Center
TGIF! Ms
Stewart,
They cite the original lease I
signed with Wilson Enterprises and HUD in May of 2006 and I have the original
packet. I believe the monthly rent they claim (141.00) is the original amount in
2006 and does not reflect this years recertification amount of $123.00
“You, as a resident (tenant),
have rights and responsibilities that help make your HUD-assisted housing a
better HOME for you and your family. The United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development, which has the ‘Ultimate Jurisdiction’ over the project
(Bismarck Apts) in which you live...”
The last contact I have for
Jennifer Felts (Original HUD Property mgr @ Wilson) is 513-967-4904, she came
with the “Bismarck” when they were sold to Dudley Properties II, LLC.
“Germantown”, the other Wilson Property was sold to Dudley Properties according
to KHC. Lisa Brown succeeded Jennifer after the transition into the 49.43 HUD
Inspection score by KHC. That brought in their current HUD Property manager from
KHC Approved Vender CarsonHayes; Angie Slover.
It also seems as though the
other tenants should tell their side as the original Notice of Inspection for
Bedbugs, although only addressed to me, was directed to all of them. Donna,
downstairs in #1, tells me she finally got her voucher and was in the office
talking to Angie & overheard “Dave” talkin’ about how I’m always calling
Frankfort or complaining and how me getting LegalAID doesn’t
matter...
So anyway; turns out Dipsy
Donna is gonna use her voucher and move into one of Dudley’s other rental
properties!? Wonder how many of those other Vouchers the City Administers they
are getting?
Hey, at least the court date is
after The Election! The Goal of getting me into a Home with no pests, worries me. We agreed that
Dudley would/will never invest the $$ to catch up to the aging, deferred
maintenance of the buildings (unless they can figure a way to pass it off to
tenants). Transferring between a site-based and tenant-based HUD Program is no easy task.
There’s a waiting list for Covingtons Section 8 list with projected waits of
over a year.
Complicating any move I make is
the condition of my household as a result of the ineffective and incompetent
bedbug treatment, what they are saying is; “Pack up your infested household and
get the F**K out.” The scariest phrase in all this is: “...we are not accepting
your money order you tendered for September rent so there will be no question of
our waiving any of our rights. AFTER you have vacated we will determine the
amount of monies DUE.”
My biggest fear is getting a
call the morning of court to say no one is available from LegalAid of The Bluegrass to appear for me and I
should try and get a word in edgewise and ask for a continuance... Oh YES, it
did!
Let me know what we need to do
next. Thank You.
Michael
"A Life lived in
Fear, is a Life Half- Lived..."
"HIV is something you live with
every day for the rest of your life. You may never die of it, but you always die
with it..."
Michael W. Connett,
Grantor/Trustee - The Michael W. Connett LIVING
Trust
"I used to be afraid of dying, I'm not anymore. I'm more afraid of what happens to the people who live..." from "And The Band Played On"
"I used to be afraid of dying, I'm not anymore. I'm more afraid of what happens to the people who live..." from "And The Band Played On"
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