Good for you. We did the picket thing in Whittier in 92 to a "bad landlord". It certainly did send him a wake-up call. He was pretty mad at us for awhile. But, he didn't resort to selling, not just then anyway.
After we picketed him, he agreed to form a willing partnership with to deal with the issues in his properties. We didn't have CCP/SAFE in Whittier at that time and none of the technology available today, so we were pretty much on our own. This partnership resulted in his properties turning around for the better, him becoming an active neighborhood board member, the establishment of the Whittier Rental Property Owners group and the partnership with NRP for the rental property rehab program. The group is active today in Whittier and has been instrumental in helping to identify ways their peer owners can make improvements to their properties, deal with problem tenants, create solid meaningful leases and work together as a positive force in the neighborhood. I encourage any neighborhoods with high rental ownership to be the catalyst for rental property owners to work together to create positive partnerships with one another and the neighborhood. Barb Lickness Whittier ===== "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has." -- Margaret Mead REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
