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Facts and Figures about Pittsburgh’s anticipated 2016 Rental Registration Ordinance
In November of 2014, the Pittsburgh City Council had a public hearing on Ordinance 2014-1020, the Residential Rental Housing Registration Ordinance which would impose on each residential rental unit in the city a $65.00 per year registration fee. That hearing...
PROA Regroups for the Long Haul on Student Housing Legislation
Bradley S. Dornish with twinkle.verma@thomsonreuters.com After over a year of hard work finding the right language, a committed sponsor in the legislature, and the right timing to move forward, we had in HB 809 sponsored by Representative Sue Helm a vehicle we...
National REIA Mid-Year Conference Brings Exciting News
ACRE is the Western PA chapter of National REIA, the National Real Estate Investors’ Association. The association has given us connections to and feedback on the quality of national speakers, and has kept us up to date on issues facing real estate investors all...
July PROA Board Member Message
As I write this message, I have just finished a three day convention of leaders of real estate investors’ groups from all over Pennsylvania and the rest of the country. It occurs to me that it has been some time since I wrote to you about our state...
Where Are You Going as a Real Estate Investor This Year?
Now that we can close the door on 2012, as we start preparing information regarding our real estate investing activities for our 2012 tax returns, it’s a perfect time to look a little harder at that information and see how we are doing and where we should be...
Fall 2011 PROA Report
The quarterly PROA board meeting was held on the first Thursday of September. Our lobbyists from Pugliese Associates in Harrisburg reported on the status of almost a hundred different bills of interest to landlords and real estate investors which bills are...
EPA Delays Enforcement of Certification for Lead Safe Renovation, Repair and Painting
If you have not yet taken the EPA approved RRP contractor certification class, and have work to do on your pre-1978 properties, you have a little breathing room. The EPA announced Friday, June 18th that it is postponing the enforcement of the requirement that...
Lead Certification Training for Landlords and Rehabbers
As I write this article, we are less than a week away from the imposition by the EPA of its new requirements to minimize lead exposure during remodeling and renovation of pre 1978 housing units. Since last month, I have attended along with over 20 other ACRE...
EPA Lead Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule Effective April 22, 2010
The EPA promulgated in June 2008 a new “Lead Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting Program Rule” which affects renovation work done on rental housing units, child care facilities and schools (Covered Properties) built prior to 1978. We first reported on...