Landlords (and tenants) take note
It's the end of an era -- no longer can Baltimore City landlords toss tenants' possessions onto the street after an eviction. Not legally, at least.
John Fritze reports in an online version of a story to run in tomorrow's paper:
Under the new law, ... landlords are required to give a tenant two weeks' notice before the eviction. If the tenant's belongings are in the unit at the time of eviction, the landlord may take them to a landfill or donate them, but they may not be left on the streets. Landlords who violate the law would face a $1,000 fine.
Comments
Are you kidding? This is crazy. It's the sheriff who tells landlords to put the stuff in the street during an eviction so that the city can pick it up to begin with. It's not like landlords do this themselves. Tenants are already given notice of the eviction. Basically all this does is make landlords responsible for the expense of cleaning up after tenants who have already skipped out on two months rent. Do you think we could get a registry for previously evicted tentants to save the expense? That would be a lot more helpful than a gun registry!
Posted by: Lily Rowe | October 1, 2007 11:17 PM
A good start. Now if we can just get people to stop using freaking lawn chairs to hold parking spots after a snow storm... Unbielivable how trashy that looks.
Posted by: Neo | October 1, 2007 11:26 PM