Is there any project in USA about moving to San Francisco?(Any thing could be moved)
Question:
Is there any project in USA about moving to San Francisco?(Any thing could be moved)
Answer:
Seems about the same for any subsidized housing deal, they usually have only a
portion set aside, and then the rest is almost as expensive as luxury-housing,
or has other luxurious aspects like a downtown location that would be impossible
to afford without a subsidized housing project. You can have gentrification, and
only a percentage of it is low-income (can't upset the rich newcomers with too
many poor folks)..There are several projects around the US that are
encountering friction for this same reason, like the gentrification of the
Mission District in San Francisco..
We have a newly renovated apartment building (Osada) in the near
downtown area in Cedar Rapids, financed mostly with HUD money and other
tax incentives and waivers. It was an extremely expensive renovation of
an old warehouse by a local non-profit housing organization (MAHP). The
project has an application that is over 18 pages long and very intrusive
into personal data.
Despite the long application which is partly to identify bad risk
tenants, there are frequent evictions from the 67 unit building. The
evicted tenants belongings are brought to the curb for passersby to
rummage and pilfer.
This type of eviction is not possible in Minnesota. I have tried to get
a copy of the Iowa Eviction law without success. If anyone has ideas of
how I can get a copy of it or how to find it on the internet, I will
appreciate hearing about it.
The search function on the Iowa code does not work for Webtv. I don't
know if it works for computer users.
It is disgraceful. It will only last until one tenant fights back someday, and
the landlord discovers he's liable for destroying or losing something really
valuable. That's why any serious landlord will just call a moving and storage
facility. Here's how it usually goes.
1. Sherrif comes, removes tenant. Lock is changed.
2. Moving and transfer storage comes and hauls away everything to a storage
rental locker. Landlord doesn't touch anything.
3. Tenant now must pay transfer co. an inflated rate to get their stuff back.
This usually involves the time to pack & ship, and the rental of the locker.
4. If they don't have the money to pay for the fees, the storage company must go
through a legal process to reposess the locker and only THEN do they have the
right to sell or dispose of "abandoned goods."
That seems like a pain in the ass, and it just adds more expense, but it does at
least give people one more chance to retrieve their goods.
This is the scam that Triplett pulls. When a friend was evicted she let
Triplett store her stuff until she could find a place. Upon asking for her
stuff back Triplett refused to give her stuff back. The bank certified
check, clearly stating it was for storage fees, was...as Triplett put it
"To pay back rent, current rent (since they supposidly didn't have a
tenant in the apartment yet), and cleaning fees.
It should be noted no actual legal eviction had taken place. She
voluntarily left when she got the three day notice.
Seems local and county law enforcement felt it was a 'civil' matter. She
had to contact the state attorney generals office before something was
finally done. Then it was found out that the storage unit was owned by
Triplett! (A fact Triplett denied when first asked by Ames Police.)
Triplett finally backed down when she pointed out to an Ames Officer that
a tenant was in the apartment (the lease was signed a day after she moved
out), that no cleaning was not done after she left (confirmed by the
person currently living there), and that since the check was cashed and
clearly stated it was for the storage unit this would mean Triplett is
illegally holding her property.
This whole deal took about a week to correct and she finally got all of
her stuff back. Triplett never did file against her for not paying 2
months rent.
And when Triplett came back to have the tenant of the apartment sign a new
lease since the old one was valid...she was already all packed and had
begun moving out.
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