Federal law and general ethical morality requires landlords and their agents to disclose the known risks of lead-based paint (a potent neurotoxin especially dangerous to children and pregnant women) before a family signs a lease for a pre-1978 home. For…
For nearly three months, lead rained down on a Baltimore community. An estimated 2.5 tons of lead-based paint, blasted from a 1,300-foot television tower, settled on homes, properties, and even a local grocery store, spreading a toxic legacy for at…
In a grim exposure of regulatory failure, a federal investigation into a Yonkers apartment complex revealed a near-total breakdown of the system designed to protect families from the permanent neurological damage caused by lead paint. An Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…
Institutional Negligence Case Study: South Bend Heritage Foundation and Its Impact on Tenants The danger is invisible, silent, and permanent. It flakes from old window sills and door frames, settling as a fine dust on the floors where children play.…
Corporate Negligence Case Study: Geronimo Concrete Inc. and Its Impact on Elementary School Children A Betrayal in the Classroom For over a year, from the fall of 2019 to the fall of 2020, children under the age of six at…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Affordable Housing Solutions, LLC and Its Impact on Montana Families The Human Story: A Danger Hidden Behind a Signature Imagine signing a lease for a new home. You’re focused on rent, utilities, and moving day. What…
A Landlord’s Silence Puts Families at Risk In a 21-unit apartment building in Lincoln, Nebraska, families were unknowingly placed in harm’s way. During the summer of 2022, a major window replacement project was underway at their building, a property constructed…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Security Building Loft Partners, LP & Its Impact on Los Angeles Renters TL;DR: A real estate partnership, Security Building Loft Partners, LP, repeatedly leased residential loft apartments in Los Angeles without disclosing known lead-based paint hazards…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Phillip Kruger Construction & Its Impact on Minnesota Families TL;DR: Phillip Kruger Construction, LLC, a Minnesota-based company, performed renovations on at least seven homes built before 1978, repeatedly failing to follow federal laws designed to protect…
Corporate Misconduct Case Study: Spinnaker Real Estate Partners & Its Impact on Connecticut Tenants A major Connecticut real estate management company, Spinnaker Real Estate Partners, LLC, along with its network of affiliate companies, systematically and repeatedly failed to provide tenants…