Few landlords or property managers realize that they have rights and duties when residents are victims of domestic violence. The website Legalmomentum.org is an EXCELLENT resource and has a publication that outlines this issue for rental housing providers on a state-by-state basis...
http://www.legalmomentum.org/site/PageServer?pagename=erhdv_22
Knowing what you can and can not do, what the tenant/victim must provide and how to handle the abuser will go a long way toward making a bad situation less traumatic for you and your residents.
Wallace S. Gibson, CPM * GIBSON MANAGEMENT GROUP, Ltd.
Central Virginia
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Hi Wallace! I hadn't thought of this particular issue in this context. According to the legalmomentum link, Hawaii hasn't done much on this yet, but it surely bears watching. Thanks for sharing. Jerry
Wallace:
That is excellent information to share with owners of investment property. Thanks. You always post useful information.