Legislative Updates - CDC National Eviction Moratorium (more information under the RESOURCES TAB above) |
Update 10/6/2020 Settlement Program Offers Alternative to Eviction Article by the Indiana Lawyer. Elizabeth Sickles, President of INstateREIA, talks about how most landlords and housing providers WANT to work with their renters, and ARE working with the renters who are willing to work with them.
Read the full article here OR download a pdf copy here: Indiana Lawyer Article 10 01 20 with Elizabeth Sickels.pdf | Update 10/6/2020 Eviction Data the Media is Spouting has Little to No Validity Article by Slate Most of the numbers that the media is sensationalizing are out of date and/or incomplete. Some data points are based on evictions filed, not evictions finished. They also do not show which evictions are for lack of payment vs. destruction of property such as running a meth lab in the property. "The media uproar over eviction tsunamis hides an increasingly embarrassing fact: We don’t even know how many Americans were evicted in 2019. How, then, are we supposed to help the estimated 30 to 40 million renters who are at risk of being evicted in 2021, when the moratorium lifts? In short, local policies, differences in institutional capacity, and a lack of standardization across jurisdictions countrywide lead to a frustrating inability to pull together housing loss data in any meaningful way." Click here to read the full article. |
UPDATE 9/2/2020 Effective September 4th, the CDC has issued a 37 page nationwide eviction moratorium through 12/31/2020. For the full CDC ruling click here: Rules of Federal Moratorium.pdf Attorneys resoundingly agree that this is 100% unconstitutionaland a gross over reach by the Federal government on state level issues. Here's what you need to know:
| Jeff Jinks, INstateREIA Attorney, on the CDC Moratorium (click picture to view video) CDC Eviction Moratorium Documents to Review What tenants have to sign (without needing to provide any proof): CDC_moratorium_affidavit.docx Full CDC ruling: Rules of Federal Moratorium.pdf Message from Steve Eslinger, attorney and landlord: Part 15 - federal moratorium- sent Sept2.pdf and Part 15(b) - federal moratorium update.pdf. |
Statistics... 91% of rental income collected goes towards the costs of maintaining the property (mortgages, taxes, insurance, upkeep) and ensuring that safe and quality housing is available to tenants at a fair market value. If housing providers cannot collect rent, how can we expect them to continue to provide safe housing to their renters? National governmental programs that prevent rent collection, end up hurting the tenants in the long run... inevitable eviction, higher rents for the next tenant, higher deposits. 72% of all rental properties in Indiana are owned by small mom and pop businesses - people with less than 10 properties. Most are hard working honest small business people who are a big part of the solution to the age-old dilemma: not enough affordable homes for sale and for rent to meet the growing demands. There are an estimated 2.2million real estate investors in the USA. Locally 25% of our members are female. 35% are minority and 1/3 of our members are licensed Realtors. Join us for 15-20 meetings and classes every month to better understand the multiple ways to buy a property - finance a property - improve a property - sell or lease a property. |
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About the Campaign INstateREIA is launching a campaign to combat the negative perception that the media has been touting over the past few months. Landlords provide society with a vital service - safe, clean and quality shelter. Click the video below to learn about INstateREIA's new PR campaign to celebrate how housing providers contribute to society. (Click picture to view video about the campaign) |
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