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<p>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.<br>
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<p> 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.</p>
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<p>K. Garl Long<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 1/31/23 15:47, Rob Rowley wrote:<br>
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Roman",serif">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. </span></p>
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Roman",serif">Agree as to “legal desert” problem.</span></p>
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Roman",serif">Attorney & Counselor At Law</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman",serif">p: 509.252.5074 m: 509.994.1143</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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Roman",serif">a: 7 S Howard St, Ste 218, Spokane, WA
99201</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
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style="color:blue">rob@rowleylegal.com</span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Josh Grant<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 31, 2023 2:42 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] [WSBARP Digest] evictions, UD
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">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.</span><span
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</span><span style="color:#004080">P. O. Box 619<br>
Wilbur, WA 99185<br>
509 647 5578</span><span
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Kary Krismer </span></p>
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Wednesday, January 25, 2023 4:43 AM</span></p>
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Re: [WSBARP] [WSBARP Digest] evictions, UD and
available housing</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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17:46, Andrew Hay wrote:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Landlords are
invariably more wealthy than tenants. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">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.</span></p>
<pre><span style="color:black">Kary L. Krismer</span></pre>
<pre><span style="color:black">206 723-2148</span></pre>
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