http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2013/01/14/commission-recommends-changes-in-landlord-tenant-law Comments On: Commission recommends changes in landlord-tenant law by Max Brantley en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Sun, 19 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Sun, 19 May 2013 06:15:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by dandelion]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 14:35:33 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by gtfood]]> Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:59:38 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by Bobby Brown]]> Mon, 01 Apr 2013 20:14:14 -0500 Arkansas Times Check this new system out
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Posted by TrustedCam]]> Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:48:18 -0500 Arkansas Times Posted by working101]]> Thu, 07 Mar 2013 10:45:36 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Michael Finn]]> Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:26:27 -0600 Arkansas Times
Would you continue to live at 710 SW Sterling Place Bentonville, Ar 72712 for $1800.00 a month, with a leaking roof, black mold problem, a dangerous garage door and John Sullivan as your landlord. Is it fair that we lost our deposit and are expected to continue to pay rent until July? What would you do? How would you want to be treated? What about our rights to a safe home? Who should pay our medical bills? Our moving expenses?
Posted by brn2]]> Sat, 26 Jan 2013 09:29:25 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Razorblade]]> Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:19:53 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by santhony]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 17:06:47 -0600 Arkansas Times Posted by Gylippus]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:38:14 -0600 Arkansas Times >Arkansas is the only state that makes failure to pay rent a criminal violation.<

Try to get a warrant issued on it. It's not on the top of a county prosecutor's priorities.
It does make extra work for lawyers.
Posted by eLwood]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:10:41 -0600 Arkansas Times
During the meetings, I came to respect my fellow Commissioners. The discussions were often spirited, but both sides were very willing to listen to the concerns of the other side. In fact, at one early meeting, Marshal Prettyman (pro-tenant) and I were discussing an issue… by the time the discussion completed, he had started to argue in favor of my side and I had started to argue his!

Let me point out something Steve Giles said: “there are good landlords out there who already voluntarily include many of these recommended protections in their lease agreements”. In my years of experience, 90% of landlords are good people, and 90% of tenants are good people. You never see those landlord-tenant relationships because they work out well.

It’s the 10% (of BOTH populations) who cause the problems. And as a landlord, I’m tired of MY reputation being smeared by the 10% of crappy landlords in this state. I’ve put my personal blood and sweat into my properties, and I am proud of what I do.

Good landlords… and there are HUNDREDS of them… recognize that they are responsible for keeping up their properties. The tenant is the customer, and they pay rent for safe, solid homes.

Good tenants realize this is a business for the landlord, not an entitlement. The tenant knows they must pay the rent on time, not intentionally tear up the property, and to call the landlord when a repair is needed.

The bottom line is that this document, while not perfect, is one that was unanimously agreed to by members both pro-tenant and pro-landlord. It is not actual legislation… it is still possible for bad legislation to be run. But it is a good place to start from.

Howard Warren
Landlords’ Association of Arkansas
Posted by Slingerland]]> Mon, 14 Jan 2013 14:49:48 -0600 Arkansas Times