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KentuckyWoman

(6,687 posts)
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 01:31 PM Jul 2019

Jared Kushner - 170 code violations in Baltimore.

This is from 2017 but worth the read.

https://www.newsweek.com/jared-kushners-company-faced-fines-and-code-violations-700180?utm_campaign=NewsweekTwitter&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social

Jared Kushner's family real estate company has racked up more than 170 code violations in Baltimore after failing to comply with local laws, officials said Thursday.

"We expect all landlords to comply with the code requirements that protect the health and safety of their tenants, even if the landlord's father-in-law is president of the United States," Kamenetz said in a statement.

The company owns 13 apartment complexes in Baltimore County.

This isn't even its first major scandal involving the company in Maryland. A Baltimore Sun investigation in August found that the company has been the most aggressive one in the state for pursuing to arrest tenants for debts. The company had sought the arrest of 105 former tenants.

The same month, a class-action lawsuit accused the company of overcharging more than 90 percent of its tenants in a Brooklyn, New York, building.

Subsidiaries of the company have been involved in about 500 cases in which they sued tenants for minor infractions.



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Jared Kushner - 170 code violations in Baltimore. (Original Post) KentuckyWoman Jul 2019 OP
More proof that the daughter-wife Faux pas Jul 2019 #1
And just like his scumbag FIL ... lpbk2713 Jul 2019 #2
Jared Kushner - First Slumlord Son-in-Law MineralMan Jul 2019 #3
He's not rich, he is in debt more than Trump. Delmette2.0 Jul 2019 #11
And that's how Jared got rich dalton99a Jul 2019 #4
Seems the whole extended family... paleotn Jul 2019 #9
No one else will socialize with them lunatica Jul 2019 #13
I wonder how quickly MBS will drop best buddy Jared if Trump loses in 2020. Lonestarblue Jul 2019 #17
I hadn't thought of that but you're right lunatica Jul 2019 #18
The man is truly Sherman A1 Jul 2019 #5
Another Slumlord in the Trump Family dlk Jul 2019 #6
Arrest tenants for debts?! paleotn Jul 2019 #7
good point. is Maryland completely outside the norm? stopdiggin Jul 2019 #12
The reporting is accurate DeeDeeNY Jul 2019 #15
& those 170 are all on his properties!1 UTUSN Jul 2019 #8
I think I see the problem ... GeorgeGist Jul 2019 #10
Now we have a name attached on where and who the rats and garbage is coming from. marble falls Jul 2019 #14
It would be interesting to know what the code violations were. smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #16
And in the meantime Timmygoat Jul 2019 #19
So, it isn't that Baltimore is filthy or infested - it is that the PatrickforO Jul 2019 #20
His tenements are probably infested. George II Jul 2019 #21

Delmette2.0

(4,166 posts)
11. He's not rich, he is in debt more than Trump.
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 02:49 PM
Jul 2019

Correction, was in debt. He got bailed out on the 666 New York property by selling classified information. It's just my opinion based on the news articles I have read.

Lonestarblue

(10,011 posts)
17. I wonder how quickly MBS will drop best buddy Jared if Trump loses in 2020.
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 03:42 PM
Jul 2019

My guess is in about 3 seconds since the Trump crime organization will no longer be in a position to trade US national intelligence secrets and nuclear weapons technology for lucrative SA investments.

lunatica

(53,410 posts)
18. I hadn't thought of that but you're right
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 04:05 PM
Jul 2019

When Trump loses Putin and Kim Jong Un will throw him aside forever too.

Well Trump can always find solace with his base. As long as he doesn’t have to touch them.

paleotn

(17,931 posts)
7. Arrest tenants for debts?!
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 02:34 PM
Jul 2019

I thought we dropped that whole debtors prison thing a long time ago. Isn't that a civil issue since like, I don't know, the early 19th century? Is MD law different somehow?

stopdiggin

(11,317 posts)
12. good point. is Maryland completely outside the norm?
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 03:00 PM
Jul 2019

usually debt is strictly a civil matter. Warrants are assigned by the courts .. and have to do with unpaid fines issued by the state and failure to appear matters. Never heard of a landlord having anything to do with arrests, or warrants. Recheck the reporting here?

DeeDeeNY

(3,355 posts)
15. The reporting is accurate
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 03:36 PM
Jul 2019

There was an article in the Sunday NY Times Magazine 2 years ago that detailed what was done to the tenants in Kushner’s Baltimore properties- including aggressively pursuing them in court for a variety of reasons. I recommend reading the article online. It is shocking.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
16. It would be interesting to know what the code violations were.
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 03:40 PM
Jul 2019

For instance if the buildings were INFESTED with vermin.

Although, I am sure there are tons of other instances of neglect and infringement.

Timmygoat

(779 posts)
19. And in the meantime
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 04:06 PM
Jul 2019

He is cozying up to the Saudis, looking for financing probably for more slum properties. He is the one who should be investigated.

PatrickforO

(14,577 posts)
20. So, it isn't that Baltimore is filthy or infested - it is that the
Sun Jul 28, 2019, 05:02 PM
Jul 2019

Trump family has brought its own filth and rodent infestations into Baltimore.

I get it now!

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