Living condition questions answered
Students with problems or questions concerning off campus housing may find help at a booth now stationed in the Kansas Union.
The Student Senate Off Campus Housing Committee is manning the booth to answer questions and provide materials concerning rent policies and substandard living conditions.
Halina Pawl, Topeka senior and vice-chairman of the committee, said the committee is anxious to inform tenants of their rights and learn of their problems.
"Many students don't realize what their rights are. We want them to know about the local minimum structures code and the legality of verbal contracts and other technicalities of renting" she said.
Among the materials being handed out at the booth are copies of the Lawrence minimal structures code, a legal memorandum on eviction policies, a description of complaint filing procedures, and a checklist of things to look for when renting an apartment.
The table also has a list of persons looking for roommates and a list of people in need of an apartment.
Miss Pawl said most of the structure complaints about housing come from tenants in older houses near campus. She said the
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age of the buildings themselves can often cause problems.
"Many of these houses were built before electricity was in use. Bad wiring and open gas jets create a fire hazard. Also the plumbing is often old and will either freeze or break as the house settles. Often the landlords don't realize how bad their property is because tenants don't report problems," Miss Pawl said.
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She explained that one of the major problems in correcting substandard housing and correcting indiscriminate rent increases is that the renters don't know their rights.
"Many people walk up to this booth and are surprised to learn they do have some rights. They don't know there is a legal aid society that acts on violations by a landlord. They don't know that
a verbal contract is legal with a witness present. We want then to realize they are not defenseless," Miss Pawl asserted.
She added that some renters were afraid to make complaints for fear of their rent increasing. She said this fear was substantiated by several case of rent increases after complaints.
"The renters in the older structures want to live close to campus. They often don't have a car, public transit is lacking and they need the nearness to campus to the extent that they won't risk eviction by filing a complaint," she said.
"We want to help both the renter and the landlord. We are trying to establish a communication link between the two parties with a hope of solving some of the problems before they start. The
local landlord association is interested in our efforts; and all we are seeking is a chance to learn of the problems and present complaints to the landlords," she said.
The committee accepts complaints that are written in detail and are kept confidential, Miss Pawl said.
The booth is at the center stair well on the basement level of the Union. It will be there until next week.
"We want specific complaints so we have some grounds for action. We are very interested in problems of foreign students, because language barriers often leads to misunderstanding between foreign students and landlords," she said.
Miss Pawl said the committee's efforts were not confined to just the KU campus. She said the committee hopes to eventually foster a statewide interest in housing problems and cause a
change in the present inadequate housing laws at the state level.
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