A corporate landlord wants his Texas tenant to leave and has ordered the manager of his San Antonio property to harass and evict him. They used a variety of strategies that were both creative and cruel.
by email to the administrator of Siegel Suites3855 N. PanAm Expressway, 3855 N. PanAm Expressway, replace functioning female air conditioners with broken units, have security guards knock on doors “at least” twice each night, use masters to watch television from outside Many strategies have been devised, such as disabling remote.
One person said the email was sent by the senior vice president of operations for a Las Vegas-based company called the Siegel Group. A recently released U.S. House Subcommittee reportwhich contains the email in question.
“I want this person to be very uncomfortable sitting in our room for free,” the executive wrote.
Siegel is one of four corporate landlords named in the report, along with Pretium Partners, Invitation Homes and Ventron Management, each accused of being abusive and deceptive to tenants during the coronavirus pandemic. was accused of engaging in illegal practices.
The four groups filed nearly 15,000 eviction applications, according to Pandemic Eviction Survey: A Report on Abuse by Four Landlords During the Coronavirus Crisis.
However, a House investigation found that Siegel had gone further, “using harassment tactics … to force tenants out of their homes without filing formal eviction proceedings,” the report said. I’m here.
McClatchy News reached out to The Siegel Group for comment.
Executives also suggested telling tenants that if she wasn’t there when management knocked on her door, they would call animal control to “pick up an abandoned pet.” .
The most extreme strategy recommended calling Child Protective Services and visiting the woman’s apartment if the child lived in the unit.
The House report notes that filing a false report of child abuse or neglect is a felony in Texas.
“Please understand that I know nothing about this person,” the executive said in an email. “I’m going through the list to make sure you’ve tried everything possible to get rid of them.”
The executive’s language suggests these harassment tactics may be tried-and-true for Siegel, an established protocol “adopted company-wide” to ward off unwanted tenants. If so, the San Antonio woman may not have been the first tenant to be harassed and threatened to leave.
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