Rental Housing Journal Utah
April 2014 - Vol. 6 Issue 4
UPCOMING EVENTS:
4. Legislative Update: April is Fair Housing Month 5. President's Message: UAA Education Programs Using Rental Criteria to Avoid Violating Fair Housing Law 6. Products & Services Guide Fair Housing Testing Continues
General Membership Meetings
All meetings 7 pm – for addresses go to www.uaageneralmembershipmeetings.com
April 22nd, May 27th Ogden April 23rd, May 28th Orem April 27th, May 27th Salt Lake
Events Golf Tournament – July 16th Economic Conferance – Sept. 17th
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Industry Representatives Visit with Utah’s Congressional Delegation
E Tiffany Sleater, BMG Management
Scott Watkins, Cambria Property Managemen
Judy Morrell, United Bond
Clint Gardner, Prudential Real Estate
Pete Mittanck Prudential Real Estate
Lindsey Millet Peak View Properties
ach March the National Apartment Association holds the largest advocacy training conference in the rental housing industry in Washington DC. As usual, Utah sent a delegation that attended meetings, discussed federal legislative and regulatory policies and then visited with members of Utah’s congressional delegation. “This year, we were able to visit with both of our U.S. Senators and three out of four of the congressional offices and discuss the issues affecting rental housing,” said Paul Smith, UAA Executive Director. “As usual, our Senators and Representatives seem to be on the same page as us, agreeing that rental housing is a necessary component of a balanced housing policy and needs to be protected from overzealous regulation and too much push toward homeownership at any price. Living in an apartment or another kind of rental housing is a legitimate life choice and needs to be an option for all Americans”, he said.
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The Issues This year’s meeting with our congressional delegations were cordial and friendly as usual, Smith noted. The UAA has been building relationships with elected officials and staff for years and both representatives and staff remember us and treat us like old friends, he said. “And so they both know our issues and know us when we sit down with them.” Two main issues were recurring topics in discussions. First was the direction HUD is taking in dealing with discrimination claims brought
through the fair housing act, under a new “doctrine of disparate impact”. Under this frightening new doctrine HUD is proposing for evaluating discrimination complaints if an aggrieved party can demonstrate a neutral policy has disproportionately negative impacts on a protected class then discrimination can be alleged and the rental operator may have to change their policy. For instance, if a policy excluding felons where to be proven to affect minorities more than whites on a per capita Continued on page 3
Join UAA August 31st for our 80th Anniversary Randy Rounds, Utah Investors Realty
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“Landlord Legal Cruise”
s a part of the UAA’s 80th anniversary, we are going to celebrate in style by holding a “Landlord Legal Cruise” featuring Utah attorney Kirk A. Cullimore. During each of three sea days attendees will receive 4 hours of Landlord Legal training. There will also be networking events including having a reserved section of the dining room
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on the ship for the UAA party. “I’m really excited to see the UAA do this and think outside of the box on how to serve our members”, said Chris Scharrer, UAA Vice-President. The first 50 UAA members who book cabins on the sailing will not only enjoy great training and camaraderie, but will be able to visit three of the most beautiful ports in the
Caribbean – Grand Cayman Island; Falmouth, Jamaica and Cozumel, Mexico. The ship, the Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas is one of the most exciting and largest ships at sea. It boosts, among many things, a Flowrider surf machine, waterpark, rock climbing wall, skating rink and a 900 foot long interior mall called Continued on page 2
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Cruise...continued from front page the promenade, with nightly parades and events. There are 15 decks, 10 pools and whirlpools, 16 bars, clubs and lounges. All food and nightly entertainment are included! The ship sails out of Galveston on August 31st for a 7 night itinerary in the blue waters of the Caribbean. “We hope you will join us on this exciting way to network, educate ourselves, celebrate our 80th anniversary and take a well-deserved vacation all rolled into one,” says Paul smith, UAA Executive Director.
More Details: Royal Caribbean Navigator of the Seas out of Galveston, Tx August 31st for 7 days. Stops in Cozumel, Mexico; Falmouth, Jamaica and Grand Cayman Island, all traditional established cruise ports. There are three days at sea where there will be 4 hours of landlord legal information per day. Cruise include several networking events and group seating together for dinner.
WHAT: Landlord Legal Cruise 12 hours of Legal Education and a week of networking. WHEN: August 31, 2014 for 7 Days. WHERE: Caribbean, out of Galveston, Tx. Stops in Cozumel Mexico, Falmouth Jamaica and Grand Cayman. COST: Starting at $549 a person (double occupancy). WHO: All UAA members and their guests. HOW DO I BOOK: Email Mark papayatravel@gmail.com or call
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About the speaker: Kirk Cullimore is considered a pre-eminent expert in landlord law in Utah. Kirk has been practicing nearly 30 years and has had a hand in drafting almost all of the key Utah landlord laws including the Unlawful Detainer act, the Fit Premises Act and other key pieces of landlord law. He has also been involved in many city ordinances, the Division of Real estate property Management Rules and is an expert in Housing Authority (HUD) issues and Fair Housing. Join Kirk for 12 hours of important legal training that will help you protect yourself and streamline your operations. Education will be certified CORE CE for real estate professionals
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Designates Awarded...continued from front page
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he Utah Apartment Association and the National Apartment Association announce that several Utah property managers have received prestigious designations. The UPRO (Utah Professional Rental Operator) designation is 32 hours of Core Utah real estate training on all aspects of property management law and practice, specific to
Utah. In addition to completing the 32 hours of comprehensive training, designates must pass a 200 question test and have at least one year’s experience in property management. The CAM (Certified Apartment Manager) is over 60 hours of classroom apartment management training geared specifically to management of large apartment properties. Designates must have at least one
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year’s management experience, complete the training and take a comprehensive exam proctored by the National Apartment Association. The CAM designation is accredited by the American National Standards Institute, which only accredits pro-
grams of extreme quality that have an unimpeachable process for assuring designates have met high standards of knowledge retention and demonstration.
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Reps Visit...continued from front page basis, HUD says the policy may be deemed discriminatory. Implementation of this policy could create disastrous side effects, like preventing landlords from being able to deny criminals. So NAA and NMHC (the National Apartment Association and the National Multi Housing Council) are working with HUD to ask them to revise this policy while also filing a lawsuit to prevent implementation of the policy. “We are already aware of this issue because the bankers have already brought it to our attention,” said Brian Steed, Chief of Staff for Chris Stewart in the second congressional District. “We are very concerned about it and want to help in any way we can to stop this bad policy,” he said. The other issue UAA members took to congress is the issue of housing finance reform, (Government Sponsored Enterprises that guarantee financing to housing markets like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Since the housing bubble, many lawmakers have been promoting reform, including options that shut down or eliminated most government backing of mortgages. We shared with Congress the fact that not only did multi-family housing not have significant delinquencies or loses, but was an income maker for the Federal
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Government of $14 billion dollars while the rest of the housing market was tanking and requiring bailouts. “We told congress,” says Smith, “that any reorganization or change to GSE’s needs to hold multi-family loans harmless because those loans are about 70% of the market and are profitable for the government. We reminded them don’t throw the baby out with the bath water – treat multifamily lending differently if you need to but don’t shut it down because of what the single family loan market did.” Without the funding source from GSE’s, there would not be capital available to build the quality rental housing our country will need as we move forward, hurting the public and potentially causing another housing crisis. Other topics of discussions at this year’s conference included immigration reform and how it would affect housing, energy policy and “green” housing codes and potential tax reform. For more info on NAA’s position on all of the federal issues go to www.naahq.org
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RENTAL HOUSING JOURNAL UTAH
April is Fair Housing Month By L. Paul Smith, Executive Director Utah Apartment Association
The protected classes in Utah are: • Race • Color • Sex • Religion • National Origin • Disability • Familial Status (kids in household)
• Source of Income (government housing) • Sexual Orientation (some cities) • Gender Identity (some cities)
Remember not to treat anyone differently or charge higher rents
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fees or deposits based on membership in ANY of these protected classes. The single biggest problem, however, is with disability. The UAA has built relationship with all sorts of organizations that work in housing, including the Disability Law Center (DLC). They recently procured $700,000 to do fair housing testing over the next three years. Now, while they seem to be a fair organization and we have a great relationship with them, the best way to avoid problems is to remind yourself of a few rules when answering the phone (most of their screening will be over the phone, followed up by personal visits in some cases). 1 – Understand disability issues. For instance, if someone asks for an
assistive animal remember you CANNOT CHARGE EXTRA DEPOSIT OR FEES. An assistive animal is like a wheelchair. It helps someone with a disability adapt to society. If it does damage to the place you charge them at the time, not before. 2 – Don’t pre-screen on the phone and treat everyone the same. While you can answer questions about your policies (such as do you allow smokers, how many people are allowed in the place, etc) don’t ask questions that could be construed to discourage or prescreen people. For instance, don’t ask if they have assistive animals, children, their race or religion, etc.
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3 – If you get asked a question you
Using Rental Criteria to Avoid Violating Fair Housing Law
pril is Fair Housing month ing law school at the local university, dard provided to all applicants. and a good time to brush is actively involved in his church, up on ways to avoid dis- and that he wants to stay in the place Rental Criteria Tips: Some of the most common criteria crimination claims. One of the best the entire three years he is in school. The landlord decides Derek is the include: ways to avoid discrimination claims is to have a list of the criteria you tenant for her and puts Marie’s ap- • Income. To rent your place, how much income do you use when evaluating a tenant. It is plication and deposit in an envelope want someone to earn? better to have objective criteria and and immediately mails it off without Industry standard is that peouse those than to compare people to checking any references. If Marie ple should spend somewhere each other or use you “gut instinct” were to make a fair housing comaround a third of their income to evaluate if someone is qualified to plaint, would she win? on rent. So the way to express Unless the landlord can prove that rent from you. this could be “Applicant must It is natural for owners to want to Marie was not qualified, the landlord provide proof of income equal compare prospects against each oth- will likely lose this case and incur the to or more than three times $10,000 fine.METRO, Marie can also sue the er. But BEWARE! Because of Federal VALLEY, ARIZONA APT. NEWS the rent amount.” Fair Housing Laws this can get you landlord civilly for damages. By not even checking Marie’s references to • Pets. Do you allow them? If in trouble. Here is an example: so what type and do you A landlord puts a sign put in front see if she qualified under a landlord’s charge higher deposits, fees or of her duplex for rent. At 9:00 am rental criteria, the landlord discrimimonthly rent. REMEMBER, Marie shows up with two children, nated against her. Derek may turn you cannot charge pet rent, looks at the property and decides out to be a better tenant, or he may fees or deposits for service not. ItOct, is best to check individual tenshe wants it. Feb, While she fills Jun, out the Aug, Apr, Dec and companion animals. application her children run around ants out against our own standards the yard and are loud. At 10:00 a nice and not each other. The only way to • Amount of your application fee that will cover the cost of looking young man, Derek, shows prove someone is not qualified is to doing the background check. up. He tells the landlord he is start- compare them to a pre-created stan• Amount of deposit required in advance. • What type of identification you require to make sure they are who they say they are and aren’t using a stolen identity • What type of rental history you require and what would disqualify them (such as eviction, owing other landlords money, etc.). • Credit history. Determine and list what type of credit would disqualify them and what type you are willing to accept. • Criminal History. A common statement is something like “you will be disqualified if you have committed any type of crime that, had it been 1010 East 62nd Street, Los Angeles, CA 90001-1598 committed on the property, Phone: 1-800-624-5269 • Fax: 1-800-624-5299
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aren’t sure about call us. Last year a woman received a phone call asking if she charged deposits for service animals. She said yes - $500. A month later she got the same call. Though she doubted her answer a little, she again, gave the same answer - $500. A week later she attended a UAA class where she learned she shouldn’t say that. But it was too late. Within a few days a letter came from the anti-discrimination division opening an investigation. Those two calls had been from a DLC tester.
would be considered a serious threat to the rental property, other residents or neighbors.” Some landlords like to see a certain number of years since convictions for certain crimes, or are unwilling to rent to individuals on parole or probation. Remember –criminal history is not a protected class. Take risks only if you are comfortable. You are not ever required to rent to anyone with any criminal history. • Maximum Occupancy. Under Federal Law, you shouldn’t restrict occupancy to less than 2 per bedroom. You can however say “we allow up to 2 people in a one-bedroom, four people in a two-bedroom”. If you create a list like this you will find your risk of a fair housing complaint decreases dramatically and that it is easier to judge applicants using written standards. You will also find these standards “repel” or turn away renters you didn’t want to waste time on anyway. For a sample of rental criteria, logon to the UAA Website/ members and look at the March general membership meeting, which covered rental criteria, screening reports and a legislative update. www.uaahq.org
For a sample of rental criteria, logon to the UAA Website/ members and look at the March general membership meeting, which covered rental criteria, screening reports and a legislative update. www.uaahq.org.
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Utah Apartment Association
President’s Message: UAA Education Programs By Steve Randall, President Utah Apartment Association On the cover of this issue, we honor several individuals who are receiving designations from either the NAA (National) or UAA (local) associations. These individuals worked very hard attending many days of training and passing comprehensive tests to determine they retained the information taught. I personally am very proud and commend each of these individuals for their commitment to their companies, their cus-
tomers and their careers. I love education and try to attend as much as I can. I am always learning things that help me make more money or run a more efficient business. May I encourage each of you this month to set a personal education goal for this year. Two of mine are to complete both my CAM and UPRO exams and join the great group of individuals we honored in this issue as designates. I hope you will consider these two programs. The CAM (Certified Apartment Manager) is geared for on-site property managers and supervisors.
More information can be found on the UAA website. The UPRO is our brand new Utah Professional Rental Operator Program. It is for anyone from those who manage a few rentals to real estate brokers who own Property Management companies. It is geared towards Utah issues and laws but comprehensively covers all aspects of managing rental, whether for yourselves or others.
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ADVANCE LOANS
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Key Bank Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-297-5825 Washington Federal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-366-2265
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Alpine Cleaning & Restoration Specialists, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-563-3707
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Orbit Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-466-9040
BACKGROUND CHECKS
CoreLogic SafeRent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702-839-1736 LexisNexis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678-694-2798 On-Site.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619-540-7828 PeopleTrail, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-307-4100 RentGrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-736-8476 Renting Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-674-9181 Right Renter LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-754-9900 Utah Apartment Association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-487-5619 Victig Background Screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-886-5644 Western Reporting, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-308-0005
BATHROOM RENOVATION
Bath Fitter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-748-4200
BATHTUB & TILE REFINISHING
Miracle Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-295-1101 Surface Tech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-676-5275
BLINDS
Dun-Rite Blinds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-265-2536
ELECTRICAL
All Pro Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-874-7098 Charger Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-280-2420 Gipco Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-231-3320
ENERGY CONSERVATION/SAVINGS
Questar ThermWise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-719-0753 Rocky Mountain Power Cool Keeper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-298-2459
FENCING
SimTek Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-648-9336
FINANCIAL ADVISOR
Marcus & Millichap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-736-2600 Utah Community Reinvestment Corp (UCRC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-833-0011 The Madison Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-785-8350
FIRE EXTINGUISHER
CLEANING COMPANY
Sure Fire Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-252-6188
COLLECTION SERVICES
Simplex Grinnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-9406 Statefire DC Specialties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-288-2100
All Green Cleaning Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-949-4846 Link Debt Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-312-0990 National Credit Systems, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-515-6858 NCS, Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-598-1466 North American Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-741-8982 Outsource Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-355-4766 Wakefield & Associates, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-537-2900
COLLECTIONS
Rent Recovery Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-335-0119
COMMUNICATIONS
A 3 Broadband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-699-4199 Qwest Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-575-1098
CONCRETE
Advanced Concrete Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-725-7783
CONSTABLES
Wasatch Constables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-392-9400
CONSTRUCTION
Capital Improvement Management Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-223-6100
DEBT RECOVERY
Link Debt Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-312-0990
DEFAULT INSURANCE
Leaseterm Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378-206-2910
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DRAIN CLEANING
Precision Concrete Cutting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-224-0025 Professional Drain Service LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-963-0910
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FIRE PROTECTION
FITNESS EQUIPTMENT
Advanced Exercise Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-510-4419 Fitco, Fitness Center Outfitters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-933-4826 FitLogistix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-347-7727
FLAGS, POLES, & BANNERS
Colonial Flag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-562-0123 Designs In Motion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-280-2281
FOUNDATION REPAIR
Davenport Foundation Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-569-2302 Interwest Foundation Repair & Lifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-492-3503
FURNITURE RENTAL & SALES
CORT Furniture Rental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-984-2678
GAS SERVICES
Questar Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-324-5159
GENERAL CONSTRUCTION
Davenport Foundation Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-569-2302 IPS, LLC 'Your Handyman' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-302-2555
GOLF CARS
Intermountain Golf Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-255-8828
GRAFFITI PROTECTION
Superior Coatings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-652-4378
HANDYMAN
Casal's Handyman Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-707-6847
HEATING & AIR
Air Cold Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-956-3580 Air Design Heating & Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-264-8292 Alta Air Conditioning & Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-397-2583 Johnstone Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-486-4401 Precision Heating & Cooling Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-281-8150 SwampTech, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `801-747-1150
HVAC SERVICES
Humphrey Heating & Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-294-2757 RPM Home Energy Savings Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-248-4636
HVAC SUPPLIES
Contractors HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-487-8565
INSPECTIONS
Albion Services, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-548-6347 Rental Property Inspections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541-868-7747
INSULATION
PeachTree Insulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-390-0873
INSURANCE
American Family Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-966-4571 Anderson-Lym Insurance Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-1551 Craig Thomas Insurance Agency, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-576-1188 Day Clark Insurance Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-484-8704 Kandace Meyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-966-4571 Poulton Insurance, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-484-4477 Wells Fargo Insurance Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-246-4416
INTERNET
MSD Datastream . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-446-5796 Pingplot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-712-5094 Sky Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-978-0022 Windstream Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-993-5512
INTERNET MARKEING
Pingplot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-712-5094
INVESTMENTS
Salt Lake Real Estate Investors Assoc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-645-6405
IRRIGATION
Mountainland Supply Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-224-6050
Fair Housing Testing Continues
By Vard McGuire, Disability Law Center
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n the Fall of 2013, the Disability Law Center (DLC) was awarded a three-year grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fight housing discrimination in Utah. Funded through HUD’s Fair Housing Initiatives Program, the award will strengthen enforcement of the Fair Housing Act through investigation and testing of alleged discriminatory practices. The funds will also be used to educate housing providers, local governments, and potential victims of housing discrimination about their rights and responsibilities under the Fair Housing Act. “Ending housing discrimination
requires that we support the law of the land and protect the housing rights of individuals and families who would be denied those rights,” stated HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan. “Ensuring and promoting Fair Housing practices lies at the core of HUD’s mission and these grants enable community groups all over the nation to help families who are denied equal access to housing.” The Fair Housing Act (FHA) prohibits discrimination in the sale or rental of housing against people because of their race, color, sex, religion, national origin, family status and disability. Utah law also prohibits discrimination based on source of income. Simply put, discrimination is treating people differently based on their protected class status. Continued on page 7
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Rental Housing Journal Utah • April 2014
RENTAL HOUSING JOURNAL UTAH LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE
Ace Property Maintenance L.L.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-446-4333 Aeroscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-569-2383 Affordable Care and Landscape, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-637-1557 Bee Green Fertilizing Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-446-5796 Cascade Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-228-0647 Kimball Property Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-571-3351 Landscape Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-261-1733 Lawn Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-916-1214 Pro-Turf Landscape Services LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-692-3186 Suncrest Commercial Landscaping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-633-2727 Total Landscape Management LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-512-1663 ValleyCrest Landscape Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-561-7541
LANDSCAPING SERVICES
Affordable Lawn Care & Landscape, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-999-4347
LAUNDRY EQUIPMENT
Appliance Warehouse of America, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480-388-4004 Azuma Leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-707-1188 Evans, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-972-6580 Hainsworth Laundry Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-636-1622 Mac Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-685-9176 Mendenhall Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-298-1133 xt 111
LEAD BASED PAINT REMEDIATION
Salt Lake County Lead Safe Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-468-2077
MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES
Ferguson Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-956-3500 HD Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-824-2941
MANAGEMENT COMPANY
Horizon Property Management, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-939-6033
MARKETING
Scentair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760-443-9705
MOVE IN GIFTS
Chelsies Move In Gifts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-835-3274
ODOR REMOVAL
BioSweep of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-550-9764 Fresh Aire Air Fresheners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-877-5888 ScentAir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-897-5931
PAINT
Kwal Paint, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-259-3074 PPG Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-633-8465 Sherwin Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-809-2569
PAINTING
Alpine Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-721-5007 CertaPro Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-747-1027
Empire Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-680-4495 Executive Coatings & Contracting, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-300-6786 Five Star Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-386-0000 Unforgettable Coatings of Utah, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-753-8737
PARKING
Parking Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-671-1803
PARKING ENFORCEMENT
Downtown Parking Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-473-8848
PEST CONTROL
Advanced Pest Control Services Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-292-1950 Eradicare Pest Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-393-7378 JS Property Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-652-0171 Preventive Pest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-566-5590 Terminix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-973-9511 Thorn Pest Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-626-1156
PLAYGROUNDS
Big T Recreation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-572-0782
PLUMBING
Budget Plumbing & Rooter, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-763-5775 Moen Faucet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720-346-5138 Mountainland Supply Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-224-6050 Plumbing Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-831-0045 Rescue Rooter, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-973-2097 Robert W Speirs Plumbing, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-546-0522 Roto-Rooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-330-5278 Rush Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480-233-8342
POOL & SPA EQUIPMENT & SERVICE
Aquatech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-569-0120 Precision Pools & Spas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-685-2212 Swim Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-265-1707
PRINTING
Delta Painting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-541-5535 Nine Lives Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-487-9999
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
Bee Green Fertilizing, Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-446-5796 Mountain West Property Solution Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-968-4489 NeighborWorks Provo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-375-5820 Peak Property Solutions Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-775-7325 The Handy Handy Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-427-6924 Z3Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-860-4400
A landlord cannot do things like charge more money or refuse to rent to someone because they belong to a protected class. People with disabilities can also ask for a reasonable modification and/or a reasonable accommodation if it will help them use and enjoy their dwelling. Since the passage of the FHA, discrimination has become much more subtle. It usually happens with “a smile and a handshake.” Most of the time in housing transactions, a person experiencing discrimination has no idea that he or she is being discriminated against. One of the only ways to uncover housing discrimination is through testing. In 2012, the DLC and the Utah Antidiscrimination and Labor Division collaborated on a pilot enforcement project to investigate and test for claims of housing discrimination. The project investigated and tested for claims of housing discrimination against each protected class; however, due to limited resources only complaints related to disabilities were pursued. Fair housing testing is much like “secret shopper,” but with apartments and landlords. For example, a test for discrimination based on disability would involve sending both a person with a disability and a person without a disability to the same apartment building to ask about an apartment. The profiles of the two testers are the identical except for disability status, so that if there is a difference in how they are treated, it can be traced back to that protected class. Test reports are compared to Rental Housing Journal Utah • April 2014
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Action Property Management & Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-763-1801 Advanced Solutions Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-725-8226 Allison-Shelton Real Estate Services, AMO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602-474-3572
Alliance Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-391-3913 Bristlecone Management Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-349-2585 Century 21Gage Froerer & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-621-0521 Century 21 McAffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-943-9386 Coalition Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-649-4994 Colemere Realty Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-272-8192 DBA Re/Max West Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-787-1111 Desert Sage Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-272-0949 Fortress Property Management, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-788-7691 Guardian Property Management LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-968-6878 JEM Property Management & Sales LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-586-4415 Jensen Property Management & Leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-628-1678 Ledingham Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-293-1830 Lone Peak Realty & Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-268-1087 Manor Service Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-322-3373 Miller & Company Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-566-7922 Professional Realty Services , L.L.C. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-450-8432 Real Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-546-4200 Real Property Management - West LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-281-5508 Rentler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-860-4661 Safeguard Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-566-9339 The Handy Handy Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-248-4636 Tier One Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-898-6909 Utah Investors Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-266-0220 Utah's Prime Property Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-627-1132 Vision Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-375-3875 Western National Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 949-862-6292 Welch Randall Realty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-399-5883
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE
AppFolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866-648-1536 Inspeckd.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-833-5551 Property Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-826-9700 RealPage, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972-820-3000 x3015 Smart Housing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-723-8645 Tenant Technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503-860-6475
REAL ESTATE SERVICES
Apartment Realty Advisors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-531-1221 Coldwell Banker Gold Key Realty Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-753-8824 Equity Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-608-8610 Home Basic Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-830-1500 ManageCo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-294-0800 WJ Bradley Mortgage Capital Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-613-3761
RENT PAYMENTS
SteadyPay Payment Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270-706-6222
RENTAL LISTINGS
Dogfriendlyrental.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801- 230-4724
RENTAL WEBSITE
Propertypond.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-676-5400 Rentler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-508-4661
RENTERS INSURANCE
Assurant Specialty Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770-763-1000 ePremium Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-319-1390 Evolutions Insurance Brokers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877-585-2853 Renters Legal Liability LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-994-0237
SALT
The Salt Depot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-282-1250
SCREENING
The Screening Pros, LLC. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8184445252
SIGNS
Sign-A-Rama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-484-5576
SUB-METERING
NWP Services Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402-421-1668
TELEVISION
RESIDENT SUPPORT
Comcast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-485-0500 x2658 Direct TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818-449-4475
RESTORATION COMPANIES
Concierge Waste Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-971-0719 WSI Of Utah LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-713-1306
Family Support Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-955-9110
Belfor Property Restoration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-936-1212 Servpro of Utah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-785-5228 Utah Disaster Kleenup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 888-utah-udk ext 363
TRASH VALET & RECYCLING
TREE SERVICE
Diamond Tree Experts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-1749
RETAIL
Reliable Tree Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-7996
ROOFING
ValetWaste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813-248-1327
Shop 24 Global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316-755-5880 American Roofing Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-269-1276 Kimball Roofing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435-657-9991 Olympus Roofing Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-975-7663 Whitaker Roofing Services, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-576-1681
SECURITY
Addtech Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-414-9342 Kane Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-678-9384 Northern Utah Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-985-9462 Pacific National Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-596-1272 Securitas Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-262-5678
SECURITY DEPOSIT ALTERNATIVE
SureDeposit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800-531-7873
WASTE REMOVAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
Ace Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801.363.9995 Allied Waste/ BFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-330-6032 Tiger Sanitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-978-2287 Valet Waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 813-248-1327 Wasatch Trash Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-207-8292 Waste Away Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-987-0750
WASTE SERVICES
Bin There Dump That . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-888-4676
WATER SYSTEMS
Water Evolution Technologies, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-623-3127
WEBSITE DESIGN
SHOPPING SERVICE
B5 Marketing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-794-0020
SIGNS
Wilmar Industries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856-533-3150
Shop24 Global LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480-284-3693 Hightech Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-972-6464 Sign-a-rama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-484-5576
SMOKE FREE MULTI-UNIT HOUSING
Salt Lake Valley Health Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385-468-3835 Utah Department Of Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-538-6754
SNOW REMOVAL
WHOLESALE SUPPLIERS WINDOWS
Advanced Window Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-866-8000
WINDOWS & DOORS
Peachtree Windows & Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-566-1255 Simonton Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303-903-5739
Streamline Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801-390-1197
SOFTWARE
Real Page, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972-820-3000 x3015
determine if discrimination has occurred. Testing can also be performed over the telephone, with testers calling apartment managers to inquire about available units. The pilot program found that approximately half of testers posing with a disability experienced housing discrimination. Over the past year and a half, the DLC conducted a total of 137 tests on apartment buildings or complexes. Of the sites which were monitored for disability status, 35% showed no signs of discrimination, 14% were inconclusive, and about 51% showed some signs of discrimination. The most common types of discrimination seen in disability related testing were testers who requested an accommodation for a disability were denied the request or else told they had to pay additional fees. This new three-year $700,000 award will enable the DLC to fully represent all protected classes. The DLC will recruit more testers, increase the number of tests performed, file complaints or litigation when necessary, and take the program statewide. The DLC will also expand its education, outreach, and self-advocacy training efforts. The DLC will continue to work with its community partners to address systemic issues, such as programs or policies which discriminate against select groups. This will mark the first time the state of Utah will have a private program dedicated to the enforcement of fair housing laws.
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KEEP YOUR PROPERTY PROFITABLE The benefits of smoke-free housing include lower maintenance costs, a decrease in fire hazard, and an increase in tenant satisfaction. To learn more about what you can do to go smoke-free, call the Utah Department of Health at
801.538.6754 or visit tobaccofreeutah.org/muh-intro.html
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Rental Housing Journal Utah • April 2014