Word: landlordism
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...achieved the distinction of becoming the first landlord in Los Angeles to ask the city to declare one of its buildings unsafe because it did not meet earthquake standards. Then its attorneys argued that the company wanted to remove the Garden Court because "the longer the building stays up, the riskier it is that somebody might get hurt." Replied an unconvinced Superior Court Judge Robert I. Weil: "Well, my God, there are 500 buildings in downtown Los Angeles that are subject to the same ordinance, and nobody is making them take those buildings down. So why should this...
Turk made a short speech and offered documentation of the study's conclusions, which were based on responses from tenants of 174 Harvard-owned apartments. There followed a short discussion among rent board members, which was dominated by Landlord representative Alfred Cohn. "There are a lot of Harvard buildings on the high end" of energy usage among city properties. Cohn admitted. But he added, leaning back in his chair. "Harvard is now pursuing the problem vigorously and we expect them to soon move past other buildings in the city" in terms of energy efficiency...
Cohn explained that Harvard is one of the few Cambridge landlords that can afford the major expenditures needed to reduce fuel consumption. Turk responded that "major renovations" would mean increased rents and that Harvard could cut fuel costs simply by eliminating waste, performing routine maintenance, and obtaining quantity discounts on fuel. These measures, Turk said, had been indicated by the HTU survey and were likely to generatelower rents for Harvard tenants. But Cohn, himself a landlord and the only rent board member to serve since the agency's inception, was not convinced...
Michael Turk has served for more than a year as the "coordinator" of the Harvard Tenants Union, a fledgling group of tenant activists who came together in 1981 to oppose what they consider "heavy-handed" treatment by their landlord. Harvard University...
Although Walsh says rent board members are "extremely rude" to landlords and tenants, he contends that the major problem with the rent board is the members "political leanings. "Cohn" wants to make sure the CCA stays in effective control of the rent board "in order to perpetuate things." Walsh says, adding that neither the landlord nor tenant representatives are typical of the groups they serve. According to Walsh Cohn does not under stand the average landlord. He's a dreamer in a world where reality" outweighs any respect for theory. And Walsh says that if you tell me Joel Johnson...