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<div dir="auto">I don't think I could say it any better than those who've already spoken - including everyone but also Ms. Kison and Ms. Marks in particular.</div>
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<div dir="auto">If there is an issue truely so involved that mediation can help, the Court can make that call and order it. But the statutes would make the vast majority of the COVID-19 concern cases (nonpayment) not subject to mediation of any substance because
default and judgment for possession would be awarded if rent isn't deposited.</div>
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<div dir="auto">If a case continues on on damages thereafter, the Court can order mediation.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Further delaying possession for landlords already facing a year and a half of delay in rents isn't good policy in my view - especially not from the branch obligated to enforce rights.</div>
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<div>From: RPPTL Real Estate Leasing Committee <landten@lists.flabarrpptl.org> </div>
<div>Date: 9/27/21 7:42 AM (GMT-06:00) </div>
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<div>Cc: "Christopher A. Sajdera" <cas@saj-law.com>, "Michael J. Gelfand" <mjgelfand@gelfandarpe.com>
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<div>Subject: [RPPTL Leasing Committee] 9/27/21 Re: comments by 9am tomorrow </div>
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<div class="PlainText">Good morning- I agree as well-- Reject mandatory mediation for all leases- for the many reasons presented thus far.<br>
Have a good day,<br>
Adrienne<br>
Adrienne F. Promoff<br>
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I completely agree with the reasoning of Deborah Marks to reject this idea of mediation for all leases. I feel it is bad policy from both a legal perspective for landlords, and for the leasing market. To me this just opens the door to encourage dishonest tenants
to not pay the rent or play games and force the landlord's hand to spend money and lose time and rent for a mediation, rather than just filing an action for a quicker writ of possession. We need to encourage tenants to be good tenants, lease properties within
their financial means, and perform under their leases. Under the current proposal, it appears successful landlords in the mediation can't even recover mediation fees. Please keep in mind that the lease scenario is also different from most foreclosures because
the foreclosing landlord will many times be individuals, and not well financed banks. Many residential landlords will not have the funds to regularly battle game-playing tenants in mediations like a foreclosing bank would or like a large apartment complex
owner would. I agree with Deborah that this policy will force many landlords to increase the deposit amounts or require a larger payment of the rent up front to prepare for this risk of protracted mediation. Then, that most likely hurts leasing market because
a lot of tenants don't have the money to pay an entire year or even 6 months of rent up front, even if they have solid jobs: otherwise they would be homeowners. If a tenant doesn't pay rent or leave at the end of the lease term, the tenant needs to be evicted
as soon as possible and as cost-effective to the landlord. If the landlord is the one acting badly, the tenants have rights under Chapter 83 and can collect attorney's fees if the prevailing party.<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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Subject: Re: [RPPTL Leasing Committee] comments by 9am tomorrow<br>
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Totally opposed to mandatory mediation for residential tenancies. Unlike foreclosures, the tenants have no equity in the property that they are going to lose because something happened and rarely have legit defenses- and when they do have legit defenses they
get mediation under the current system. There is no security for the landlord that is protected during the delay time- (i.e. the equity). Every day of delay when Tenant is not paying is pure loss to the landlord that they did not contemplate when executing
the lease. The leases executed to date were based upon a contract entered into based upon a statute that said if the tenant did not pay they could send a three day letter and then if the money is not put into the court registry a writ issues pretty damn fast.
If the landlord expects a protracted eviction with mediation, they need a much much larger security deposit. And, mediate what? The landlord being pushed to just take less for what consideration?<br>
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I understand the sympathy for tenants, but this is an undue interference with contractual rights that were based upon current statutes and retroactively interfering with them is unfair.<br>
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Off soapbox now.<br>
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