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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">I don't do eviction or foreclosure work and so I don't really know the process, but have a question for the group. I recall when this was added to the landlord–tenant statute,
it was a great benefit to landlords because if the tenant doesn't post in the rent in the registry, it's an immediate judgment. Is there anything comparable like that in the mortgage foreclosure world? I know from the recession that defaulted mortgage borrowers
would raise defenses and keep the foreclosure going as long as possible while continuing to live in the house for free (no mortgage payment, no property taxes, no homeowner insurance, no association dues, etc.). If there isn't something comparable in the
foreclosure world, I'm wondering what the difference is between a landlord trying to take back the leased premises from a tenant that didn't pay the rent and a lender trying to take back the mortgaged property from a borrower that didn't pay the mortgage.
Maybe there's a philosophical difference/public policy notion that ownership of a home or other property is more sacred than simply renting. Or maybe the apartment owners have a better lobby.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org <landten-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Kristopher Fernandez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2020 1:42 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee <landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL LandTen] HB 6069<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">I am strongly against it the change. Without the “default” language, a tenant can plead any defense the wants to plead, valid or not.
The result is to delay the landlord from quickly regaining possession of its property. It will also increase the landlord’s attorney fees if I now have to have an evidentiary hearing to overcome the tenant’s defenses and obtain an eviction judgment.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060">. Do you know who is proposing the change and why?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brenda Ezell<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 16, 2020 1:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee <<a href="mailto:landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org">landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [RPPTL LandTen] HB 6069<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon. Attached for your consideration and comment is HB 6069 which was just introduced this week. This bill seriously impacts how evictions will proceed so I thought it would be a good idea to get comments from all of you who
practice in this area in advance of the Section taking a position on this. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Brenda<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;font-variant:small-caps">Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;font-variant:small-caps">Brenda B. Ezell, B.C.S.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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