Miami, FL
Tenants could divert rent to pay for neglected repairs under Miami-Dade proposal
Tenant and advocacy teams have been staging rallies and protests like this one in Hialeah on Jan. 19, 2022, to induce authorities motion on rising rents and protections for tenants. Miami-Dade County commissioners on Thursday, April 14, 2022, voted in committee to approve a brand new “Tenant’s Invoice of Rights,” with a last vote wanted earlier than the complete board to enact it.
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A proposed “Tenant’s Invoice of Rights” would convey new protections for renters throughout Miami-Dade County, together with stopping their eviction in the event that they pay for repairs uncared for by the owner out of the hire.
Florida regulation already permits tenants to cease paying hire if a landlord leaves their residence unlivable, however the proposed laws that unanimously handed a committee vote Thursday provides additional protections for renters. Beneath the proposal, tenants could be protected against eviction in the event that they deduct from their hire the price of repairs uncared for by the owner.
Shoddy upkeep was one criticism renters shared with commissioners throughout the listening to of the Public Housing and Group Providers Committee, whereas landlords warned that the brand new laws may trigger issues for tenants if not modified.
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Laura Miolán instructed commissioners she was left with a ruined kitchen for lack of upkeep in her residence, funded partially with a federal Part 8 rental voucher that pays a portion of hire for people with low incomes.
“I’ve skilled many points of landlord neglect,” she mentioned, “together with having all of the kitchen cupboards fall on me, and leaving them on the ground for nearly a yr. Solely to be repaired when the Part 8 inspection was developing.”
The Miami Affiliation of Realtors desires the restore provision dropped or revised, calling it an invite for abuse ought to tenants decide to pad their restore payments or the proprietor be compelled to simply accept substandard building work.
“It is a severe legal responsibility,” Enrique Teran, a consultant of the Miami Affiliation of Realtors, wrote commissioners in an April 13 letter forward of the listening to. The group proposed revisions that will require an inspection earlier than repairs and the tenant to acquire three estimates for the work.
The Tenant’s Invoice of Rights laws is the most recent proposal from Miami-Dade elected leaders who’re dealing with strain to deal with each rising residence costs and spikes in hire. A nationwide eviction moratorium ended final summer season and in March, commissioners handed a regulation requiring 60-days discover for hire hikes exceeding 5%.
The laws sponsored by commissioners Jean Monestime and Raquel Regalado requires landlords to offer tenants with a duplicate of the brand new invoice of rights, which largely recites current renter protections in Florida regulation. These embody shields in opposition to landlords shutting off utilities, and protections for tenants in condominium complexes the place the owner isn’t paying the required affiliation charges.
Together with the restore provision, Miami-Dade would require landlords to inform tenants about possession modifications of their residence, in addition to present any official notices about potential security or structural points with the property.
The laws additionally prohibits landlords from inquiring about previous evictions earlier than deciding whether or not a potential tenant would in any other case qualify for the rental unit. The rule is just like “ban the field” laws that Miami-Dade adopted in 2015 that prohibits the county’s employment screeners from asking about previous convictions early within the utility course of. Conviction data is obtained on the finish of the appliance course of, earlier than a call is made on hiring.
“What’s taking place is you get a stack of 10 functions, and considered one of them has an eviction on it, and that utility will get tossed to the aspect,” mentioned Commissioner Eileen Higgins. “In the meantime, you don’t know something about that eviction.”
The South East Florida Condo Affiliation objected to the supply, saying it could trigger a security concern for current tenants if landlords couldn’t display for previous evictions tied to property injury and prison exercise. A lobbyist for the group, Kelly Mallette, mentioned the restriction in opposition to “inquiring” about evictions might be learn as barring landlords from looking for public information in researching an applicant.
“I believe it’s vital for a property proprietor to know who they’re renting to,” Mallette mentioned. She mentioned the affiliation isn’t objecting to a rule barring a field about evictions on a rental utility, however is just not in favor of restrictions that will preserve landlords from researching tenants. “With some tweaks of that provision, I believe we may be snug,” she mentioned.
This story was initially printed April 14, 2022 6:54 PM.
MIAMI — This time, the NBA draft comes with a halftime, the league for the first time spreading the two rounds over two days.
So Wednesday night the main course, the first 30 selections over the first round at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
Thursday at 4 p.m at ESPN’s New York studios, the final 28 selections (with picks forfeited due to previous salary-cap violations by the Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns.)
For the Miami Heat and the rest of the league, it means an opportunity for a double exhale. Not only about the 17 hours between the rounds, but teams are now given four minutes in the second round per selection instead of the previous two (there remains a five-minute limit between selections in the first round).
“It’s going to be a lot of digging of information between the two rounds,” said Adam Simon, the Heat’s vice president of basketball operations and assistant general manager, who oversees the team’s draft.
With the Heat entering the draft process slotted at No. 43 overall, the 13th selection of the second round, the break in the draft will mean a reset of the intel process, with teams having played some of their hand in the first round.
“So it’s either going to be a lot of maneuvering or a lot of lying,” Simon said of the chatter during the break, “one or the other.”
As it is, having a second-round pick is somewhat of a Heat anomaly.
The last time the Heat emerged from the second round with a selection was when they traded for the rights to KZ Okpala in 2019. That foray led to an uneven partnership on a three-year contract the Heat eventually dealt for salary-cap relief.
The second round is one that is played by its own rules – numerous rules. Unlike first-round selections, which come with guaranteed contracts, players selected in the second round are not slotted into a specific salary scale. Further, some teams make second-round selections with the intent of signing those picks to two-way contracts, which do not count against the salary cap. In addition, second-round agreements often are made with overseas players to have such selections remain overseas and therefore count neither against next season’s salary cap nor roster limit.
While the Wild West nature of the season round hasn’t changed, what has is the added time for agents to influence the process.
“I anticipate a lot of phone calls between teams and agents, and agents trying to figure out where their players are going to go,” Simon of the break between rounds, with the Heat’s war room set up on the team’s practice court at Kaseya Center.
With the NBA’s rookie scale, the first round is formulaic.
“The second round, there’s the ability to sign players to four-year contracts or two-way contracts or ‘stash,’ you take a foreign player, leave him over,” Simon said. “So I think every agent’s going to have a different agenda, and some are going to want their players to try to get to certain teams.
“They’re going to do what they can to maybe potentially get their player to a team. And then at the same time, there’ll be teams trying to find out from agents where they think their players are going to go and help them to maneuver.”
Recent Heat second-round picks
2024: No. 43 (own selection).
2023: None.
2022: None.
2021: None.
2020: None.
2019: Bol Bol (No. 44, immediately dealt to Denver Nuggets). Traded for No. 32 selection KZ Okpala.
2018: None.
2017: None.
2016: None.
2015: Josh Richardson (No. 40).
Joe Lunardi’s has released his second early predictions his 2025 NCAA Tournament projections and he has the Hurricanes as an eighth seed.
The Miami Hurricanes missed the tournament last season, after finishing the previous year in the Final Four. That year they lost to eventual champions UConn Huskies and had most of its roster either was drafted in the NBA, graduated, or transfered. This season they have a chance to return with an impressive resume.
The Hurricanes in Lunardi’s first prediction had the Jim Larrañaga lead squad as a sixth seed before dropping them in the recent predictions. The Hurricanes have many expectations to come back after their disappointing season. This could be the chance to get back in toe national light for what they can be.
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On Tuesday at Kauffman Stadium, the Kansas City Royals (43-37) are set to face the Miami Marlins (27-51). With the Royals currently in contention for an AL Wild Card spot, every game holds significant weight as they aim to build on their recent successes against a lower-ranked opponents.
Seth Lugo takes the mound for Kansas City, boasting an impressive 10-2 record with a stellar 2.42 ERA and 87 strikeouts. Lugo’s consistency and dominance on the mound have been instrumental for the Royals this season, providing stability in crucial games.
The Marlins will counter with Yonny Chirinos, who recently joined their roster. Chirinos brings a 0-0 record and a 3.60 ERA with six strikeouts. His role in Miami’s rotation marks an opportunity for him to establish himself and contribute to the Marlins’ efforts to disrupt the Royals’ offense.
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