[WSBARP] [WSBARP Digest] evictions, UD and available housing

Tue Jan 31 16:27:55 PST 2023

Yes, tenants that do not honor contracts get attorneys at public 
expense; housing providers, even when they can find counsel, must pay in 
dollars and time to recover what they provided at a small profit margin. 
There is no reason to continue to take the risk.

  We face not only a "legal desert", but also a "housing desert". Yet 
policy is set under the belief that tenants are abused just by agreeing 
to be sheltered by housing providers, and that housing providers must be 
punished.  This mindset of division and victimization is destroying more 
than the small provider housing market.

K.  Garl Long

On 1/31/23 15:47, Rob Rowley wrote:
>
> I do Whitman and Lincoln county evictions/UDTs from Spokane with the 
> landlords knowing they will be paying for my extra travel time as 
> needed. Getting ready to file a Whitman UDT next week.
>
> Agree as to “legal desert” problem.
>
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> *From:* wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com 
> <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *Josh Grant
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:42 PM
> *To:* WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [WSBARP] [WSBARP Digest] evictions, UD and available 
> housing
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> Another problem for the small ma and pa landlord not discussed is a 
> close relative of the “legal desert” problem.  Most general 
> practioners in rural areas simply won’t take on helping a landlord for 
> either ULD or ejectment cases for the reasons expressed below. I doubt 
> that anyone in Lincoln County will assist a landlord now. That 
> previously was not the case.
>
> *Joshua F. Grant*
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> Wilbur, WA 99185
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> *From:*Kary Krismer
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> *Sent:*Wednesday, January 25, 2023 4:43 AM
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> *Subject:*Re: [WSBARP] [WSBARP Digest] evictions, UD and available housing
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>     On 1/23/23 17:46, Andrew Hay wrote:
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>         Landlords are invariably more wealthy than tenants.
>
> One of the things I learned from practicing bankruptcy is the party 
> that is owed money is not necessarily more financially secure than the 
> party that owes the money.  That was one of the problems I had with 
> the Covid renter relief that was put into effect.  To be entitled to 
> the relief the tenant did not have to make any showing that they were 
> in any way impacted by Covid.  And the landlord was offered no 
> opportunity to show they were suffering severe harm.  This was very 
> unlike bankruptcy court where the court will consider the harm imposed 
> on the creditor from continuation of the stay.  During Covid it's 
> entirely possible a tenant not paying rent was employed by Amazon for 
> $150,000 a year, working at home, and in no way financially adversely 
> affected by Covid.  But their landlord would have been prohibited from 
> any form of court relief.
>
> But as to this point, landlords do end up in Chapter 7 bankruptcy.  
> One of my clients early on moved here from out of state after the real 
> estate market in his area collapsed.  He owned four or five rental 
> houses, as I recall, and lost them all and filed Chapter 7. And I've 
> seen others moving for relief from stay where they were retired and 
> needing the rental money for their living expenses.  The court would 
> take that into account in rendering a decision.
>
> Kary L. Krismer
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