Support good business and safer housing in Arkansas!

Urge lawmakers to enact reforms this session

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Dear Lawmaker:

An area for improvement for Arkansas's business is the landlord-tenant relationship.

Arkansas is the only state in the country without baseline protections for renters and where a renter can receive a misdemeanor for not paying rent.

A good business and mutually beneficial solution would be to have a minimum standard for residential rental properties.

This would bring greater value to the property, ensure safe living conditions for the occupants, and have many other benefits to health and the community.

With nearly one-third of Arkansans renting their homes, some commonsense reforms would be:
- Landlords must keep “common areas” clean and safe.
- Landlords must provide working plumbing, electricity, heating, and hot and cold water.
- Landlords must comply with provisions of any local housing codes affecting health and safety.
- Decriminalize tenant evictions, making them a civil matter like all other states.
- Landlords do not have to repair defects caused by tenants.
I encourage you to fight to support good business and safer housing in Arkansas!

Sincerely,

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