#Slumlord

[hale-nathan]

Trump Weird News - Trump Bites The Apple

Grandfather, Frederick Trump (born Frederich Trump), owned "the Dairy Restaurant [which] was in the middle of Seattle's Pioneer Square… Biographer Gwenda Blair called it 'a hotbed of sex, booze, and money, [it] was the indisputable center of the action in Seattle.' The restaurant served food and liquor and was advertised to include 'Rooms for Ladies', a common euphemism for prostitution." He had immigrated to the U.S. to escape mandatory conscription in the Prussian Army and was banished from Prussia for so doing.

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

(via Parkdale Organize): "Our neighbours at 77 Spencer continue to demand that Akelius Canada withdraw the above guideline rent increase at their building. Today fellow Akelius tenants at 109 Indian Road, who also face an AGI at their building, joined them for a loud and disruptive protest at the Akelius head office. Rather than meet tenants' demands, Akelius had Toronto Police remove them from their office."

[didanawisgi]

Exclusive: Feds and State AG Investigate an Alleged Human Trafficking Empire Run in Springfield, Ohio, for Years by ‘King George’

[bmoreblockbyblock]

5-19 West 29th Street, 2022.

I photographed this row about a year ago and it was demolished shortly after this. It’s now a vacant lot or “green space” as described by the owners, Johns Hopkins University. This is a classic case of demolition by neglect. JHU sat on these for over a decade and let them fall apart. Their reason for demolition was that they could not be repaired, which is nonsense. They are currently building at least three new buildings a few blocks away, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t be able to fix up these historic rowhouses on their campus that could’ve been used for housing or offices. Such a waste, but typical of big institutions that own property all over the city and state. Shame on you, JHU!

On a personal note, my great-grand uncle bought and lived in #17 back in 1912. Glad I was at least able to document another piece of my family history in Baltimore.

[darkshadows93]

"Contractor said he warned of Davenport building collapse, told workers 'Get away. You’re going to die'

That was the headline in yesterday's front page of my local paper the Quad City Times. It stuck with me since the minute I read it and as I read the article it revealed more of the true nature of the City of Davenport and the demon slumlord Andrew Wold. And this stuck out to me

Ryan Shaffer, co-owner of R. A. Masonry, was working nearby at 112 W. 3rd St., the former Antonella’s Pizza, in February. While on the job, he said, he was approached by Andrew Wold, the owner of the building where the collapse occurred. Shaffer said Wold asked him to supply a quote for work on the nearby apartment building. When he did, he said, the bid was rejected because it was too high. “He wanted to cut the cost by cutting out the shoring and supporting of the building," Shaffer said. Shoring is done to prop up a building when the structure is deemed unsafe, Shaffer explained. The bid for that work alone came in at about $50,000. “I said, ‘If we don’t do it this way exactly, I’m not putting my guys in there. Somebody is going to die,’ ” he said.

The Slumlord knew, the property manager knew and yet they refused to do anything about it. But it only gets worse.

Wold would then shop someone who would do the work for an acceptable price. City records reflect this. On Feb. 22, the city of Davenport issued a permit for, “structural masonry repairs to west elevation as specified in engineer's report.

According to the permit, the job came at a cost of nearly $40,000. The contractor listed is Bi-State Masonry.

City inspection records show a final inspection was done on March 1 by Trishna Pradhan, the chief building official for Davenport. The building passed inspection, and the work was being completed in line with the structural engineer's report.

The exterior finish of the building needed to match the historic fabric of the rest of the building. Pradhan wrote that the contractor was aware and the owner was being informed.

In the next sentence, it was noted Bi-State was off the job as of March 1 because the “owner did not agree to their change order for installing brick outside.”

Pradhan continued, saying repair work was on hold but shoring was in place and, “site is secure. Owner has not submitted new timeline for work to commence.”

Work then appears to have resumed, and it passed three more city inspections on April 12, April 21, and May 1. In the last one, the inspector noted “repair work has been completed per Engineer’s Report.”

Brickwork done in the days before collapse

A separate permit for brickwork was filed on Wednesday, May 24. City records indicate the job consisted of replacing 100 feet of brick on the exterior of the building, per city code.

The permit says the work came at a cost of $3,000. The contractor on the job is listed as “owner.”

Yes, you read that right the company the Slumlord hired to do the repairs was a company he owned so he can cut his own costs. Note-- this man lives in a 2.6 million dollar house in Bettendorf, Iowa and his lawyer happen to be the Mayor of said city (a father-son company).

Shaffer said, in his opinion, the work described would account for only one-third of what needed to be done. Saturday, one day before the collapse, he drove by and saw a pile of bricks on the ground.

“(Wold) was calling us and asking for I-beams and stuff to support it. I looked at it and was like, ‘There’s no saving it at this point,’” he said.

Friday, two days before the building collapsed, Shaffer said he went to the apartment building and told workers, “Get away. You’re going to die.”

Sunday, at 3:30 p.m., less than two hours before it collapsed, he warned workers at the site of 324 Main St. that they needed to leave.

“We were here working all day," he said, referring to his work at the former Antonella's location. "Literally, we were just waiting for the building to drop.

And then an hour later, it did. He tried to warn people but no one listened. No one seemed to care.

I'm sorry City Officals, the Slumlord and the Property Managers need to be charges with Murder if they do discover that the three men have passed cause it took them FOUR days to support the building. FUCKING FOUR DAYS.

[queerwyrd]

you know what's awesome? when you come home for a joyless job and enter your overpriced apartment that has way too many things wrong with it to pay as much as you but you still pay because you have no other choice and it's full of chemical smells, making your throat and eyes burn. also, your neighbor has the same thick smell but no notice was given about spraying for bugs but it 1000% smells like 2 cans of Raid were released in your apartment. i fucking hate slumlords.

[wisdomfish]

Were a king to enter a city he would expect and receive honor and applause. But the world would be astonished if instead of asking to be shown the principal buildings of the city, the king were to say to the mayor, “Now let me go to your poor men and women who need my kingly help and sympathy: it gives me no pleasure to look on your splendour while I know your back slums are crowded with the miserable and degraded.” Ah, no king ever did this except the One who was crowned with thorns, and whose throne was a cross.

W. Birch

[greenarrow-core]

Ollie just says some amazing thing

[rabidhiss]

The Emperor with no Clothes. Upsetting MAGA’s by not being properly diapered or adorned with assloads of orange paint. When asked about it being a giant marionette to a foreign dictator, they got confused by the meaning of the word “marionette.”

[islandgirl37]

Blasted by Beryl in Texas

After 3 months away from home sailing across the Pacific Ocean on the Point Nemo, I came back to find class 1 “minimal” hurricane Beryl had done more damage to my property than all the other storms (Alicia, Harvey, etc) combined for the last 30 years. Onboard the ship, I could only see news reports of Houston/Galveston and Surfside Beach. The photos and videos looked bad. Big trees downed and…

[themellowyellowmomma]

So I sued my landlord last month to force him make repairs since he hasn't done a thing since purchasing the building in 2018, we found out some interesting things and some things happened.

My "landlord" is infact not my landlord, he is the "property manager", the building is in his wife's name but a third person actually owns it.

My " maintenance guy" is listed as the property manager but is not.

The "landlord" owns around 15 properties all in disrepair and all of them have at least one tenant from the same well known drug using family. Which happens to be the maintenance guys step family.

The "landlord" is trying to evict at least 4 other families claiming non payment dating back to September 2022 but all including myself has signed paperwork with the " tenant is up to date on rent".

I have still not been legally served for a court date that is happe eing tomorrow.

On to the events which all happened yesterday. Court was the 15th of August where it was I found that I was justified in my proceedings and he was ordered to begin repairs. They just showed up for the first time yesterday. We go back to court tomorrow for the follow up to decide if it goes to trial and for the fraudulent eviction.

They showed up half an hour late.

They were drunk. You could smell it half way through the apartment.

They were actively drinking in my home.

One rolled a blunt in my bathroom.

They didn't properly install my new tub.

Left my window open.(I don't live in a nice neighborhood)

Broke my dustpan.

Didn't fix the leak that caused my ceiling to crumble.

Left me with no ceiling and missing the top of 3 walls.

Smoked previously mentioned blunt in my basement.

Went to the bathroom in my basement at least twice.

Had family members on drugs handing out and drinking in my driveway while on the clock.

Fell and I had to literally catch him and stand him back up.

They are back now and tearing out more walls because they were called out for planning to close everything up without fixing anything.

[timaeuslover001]

I wish there was more unity in the world....

we could really do some good work if everyone came together more

like I, people talk about problems but fail to support eachother on ANY of them.

like in apartments.....we all know about slumlords and the "landlord specials" we forced to deal with , but why not ban together to support eachother in getting justice for ourselves.

Ban together with the whole building and sue the owner for failing to have the building up to code and other issues!

get to know everyone in the portent, set up a group chat and meet once a week and make sure to document ll your complaints and grieves with your apartment, and all the ignore and negated requests and hire a lawyer to repent your nd SUE them!

its literally genius. your all suffering and we all need support. I know in low income apartments , don't have the luxury of a layer but if you all document your things, and chip in 100 dollars per person and then make use of that time with that lawyer.

whatever petty doffeneces can wait until after, we have bigger issues like very quality if our lies to worry about.

ive seen it done with HOAS and all they did was get a signature to dian the HOA.

[raspberryconverse]

If there's one thing I commend my last landlord for not doing (and there were a lot of things she didn't do or attempted to do herself and failed), it's not raising our rent in the 3 years we lived there.

you sit there and think “$1500 for a one bedroom is crazy” and then it dawns on you that there are studios going for $3000. or more. a month. regardless of location. large and small cities alike. And then your brain starts leaking out of your ears

[bitchlog]

Mama Always Said 'Moving Three Times Is Like Surviving a House Fire'

[vamprisms]

they just don't put gargoyles on roofs like they used to. buildings are so swagless these days