Some of you who were involved in our discussions in front of the Green Bay Common Council may recall that one of several points made was the fact that we "all" need to work at the front end of the Housing Issues and Challenges, rather than work in isolation in coming up with proposed solutions where various Stakeholders are left out of the discussions. 

This was one of the many points made to the Wis Supreme Court over the issue of Eviction Records Visibility in CCAP.

Below is yet another example of why working in isolation ends up generating poor solutions and also sets the tone for various parties getting frustrated and uncooperative when they are then confronted with a proposed solution they were not a part of.

Now in this particular case, there was an intent originally to work "across the isle" so to speak, but that appears to have backfired, which is why everyone separated and went back to their corners of the "ring" to come out swinging again...on their own.

Sadly, while we all fall victim to this inefficient and ineffective method of problem solving, the true "Victims" are our customers, who are our tenants, and those who are finding it difficult to find housing in the marketplace for a variety of reasons.

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As an alternative to the madness of housing court, a landlord group pitched a mediation program on Monday and called for tenant advocates to support it, rather than consult with them in advance.

That was no accident.

The Community Housing Improvement Program felt burned the last time it shared an idea with the Legal Aid Society of New York City and Housing Justice For All.

“We had conversations that we thought were going well,” CHIP’s Jay Martin said. But when state legislators introduced the resulting bill, which aimed to increase rents of dilapidated vacant apartments enough to fund repairs, tenant groups falsely claimed it would remove 500,000 units from rent regulation and put New Yorkers on the street.

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Landlord group pitched a mediation program on Monday and called for tenant advocates to support it...

Rick Van Der Leest