| All American rental property owners, particularly those | | | | time become worse and more costly to repair, there |
| who are in need of essential repairs but lack sufficient | | | | are many worse scenarios that frequently occur for |
| funding to do so, should be made aware of the | | | | landlords who's maintenance attention skills leave |
| existence of home improvement grants that are | | | | something to be desired. |
| sponsored by United States government. Whether | | | | Regardless of whether or not they have a signed a |
| your repair issues are that of a cosmetic nature or a | | | | lease, any legal occupants of your building have a right |
| project related to tenant safety, whether you need | | | | to safe conditions and repairs to be made in a timely |
| supplemental funding in order to do it, or you just would | | | | manner. If you as the property owner do not attend to |
| rather spend Uncle Sam's money than your own, there | | | | these matters, it is completely legal for your tenants to |
| may be generous amounts of free government | | | | withhold their rent payments until you do. You do not |
| money for you to apply towards your expenses. | | | | have to have any type of written agreement with the |
| Knowing this, let us now concentrate on a rather | | | | tenant for them to take this action. It is their right, and it |
| important subject for landlords...the consequences of | | | | is the law. |
| neglecting to maintain your rental properties. Though | | | | In addition to this financial setback, you may then be |
| this may seem an unpleasant topic to discuss, we | | | | fined by state or city inspectors and court ordered to |
| know that this is pertinent information for a landlord to | | | | make the repairs, or in some extreme cases, |
| possess, and requires recognition. When adhering to a | | | | evacuate the premises. On a regular basis, many |
| rental agreement made between a landlord and tenant, | | | | particularly undesirable landlords have been sued by |
| it is a given that the unit made available to the renter, | | | | tenants, had their buildings condemned, and some |
| as well as all common areas of the building such as | | | | repeat offenders have actually been jailed for such |
| laundry rooms, hallways, courtyards, and basements, | | | | neglectful actions that put the building occupants in |
| will be properly maintained and inspected in order to | | | | physical jeopardy. All the while acquiring free |
| insure tenant safety. Many respectable landlords utilize | | | | government money in home improvement grants to |
| government home improvement grants make this | | | | finance the repairs could have prevented this. |
| possible | | | | If you are a landlords, good or bad, with wonderfully |
| When the required maintenance is left untended to, or | | | | kept property, or homes that require extensive |
| poorly performed, this puts the tenants at risk of | | | | rehabilitation, do yourself and your tenants a favor and |
| potential danger. The repercussions of the neglect of | | | | familiarize yourself with the free government grant |
| the building, and compromise of its occupants, can | | | | programs that offer home improvement grants. After |
| result in a number of unfavorable circumstances for | | | | all, an ounce of prevention really is worth a pound of |
| the property owner. Aside from the obvious downfall | | | | cure. |
| being that any unattended to repair issue usually will in | | | | |