Wisconsin

The governor issued orders today halting eviction actions (except to protect victims of domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking) until May 26th.  But you still will be responsible for paying your rent.

Another round of things in my e-email inbox you might be interested in. Mostly City and Community Announcements

All that is left is for the Assembly to pass SB107 which will prohibit Madison and Dane County from finding local solutions for local problems including removing laws on the books that prohibit a landlord from requiring 3 times the amount of income as rent, protecting people from being required to give their social security number, removing our protections that require a landlord to deny tenants for only housing related arrest and conviction records and limit that to two years, lets a landlord wait to ask you to renew your lease til 1/4 of the lease is over, limits security deposits to one month's rent, and requires check-in and check-out sheets and photos beofre the landlord takes money from your security deposit.

I saw it posted on a few different blogs, people asking the author (how can I make a difference?). h/t Jessica Ace...

Non-profits previously tax exempted prepare to be taxed . . . despite recent fixes to the state law.ATTN: Be Prepared - The Tax Man...

Here's the details . . . Clean Sweep Household Hazardous Waste Site Announces 2008 Season Opening:Site Open on Friday May 2ndMadison WI, April 23,...

Sorry - light blogging week - busy with work. SB179 is currently kicking my ass. Nothing but work - tons of blogging...

Tuesday February 19, 2013 is Wisconsin Primary Day! There are only a couple races on the ballot, but these races are very important!...

Wow, I've been in the tenant/landlord business a long time and rarely, if ever, have I seen the state agency (DATCP = Department of Agriculture Trade and Consumer Protection) that is supposed to be dealing with tenant/landlord problems step up during the August 15th time period. That changed this year.

The Local Government Institute of Wisconsin has a new report out ( Filling Potholes: A New Look at Funding Local Transportation in Wisconsin ) that makes the case for funding Wisconsin Transportation. The problem is that the report they cite to highlight how much highway construction benefits the economy is from 1990.

Ummm . . . wow.From: Chief of PoliceSent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:19 PMTo: ALL ALDERS; Cieslewicz, Dave; Plant, JoelSubject: Proposed Amendment to Ordinance...

The community wide education meeting was very much a success. With a solid crowd and great speakers, the Sunday afternoon meeting...