12 University Daily Kansan Campus/Area Tuesday, Oct. 8, 1985 Housing handbook available Author rights rental wrongs By Bob Tinsley Of the Kansan staff Relationships between landlords and tenants sometimes go sour. Clyde Chapman, director of the Consumer Affairs Association, 819 Vermont St., has compiled a handbook that might help when things go wrong. The Rental Housing Handbook is available at the association's office for $1.50. Students pay 75 cents. "It is just an overview of landlord-tenant relations and a guide, which should inform landlords and tenants as to what their rights are, and when problems arise, how they can handle it," Chapman said yesterday. The handbook contains instructions for the novice apartment-seeker. It begins with directions on where to look for rental properties and offers advice on renters' insurance and getting along with roommates. "The book is written primarily for a person who has never rented before," he said. Chapman said the association received calls from landlords and tenants alike, wanting to know what services they provide to protect them both, he said. The handbook also contains models of notices and agreements that often pass between landlords and tenants during the term of a lease. These include requests for repairs, return of security deposits and termination of a lease. Models also are provided for the landlord, and they demonstrate how to notify a tenant when the tenant isn't complying with his lease or Chapman, who has directed the association for seven years, has become well versed in landlord-tenant laws. The booklet also provides portions of the Kansas Residential Landlord-Tenant Act that he thought were particularly important. Chapman wrote explanations of the law's text to make it more readable. He said this was necessary because much of it was ambiguous. "It's not that it's a bad law," he said, "but since it has been in use since 1975, maybe some changes should be made because some ambiguities have been pointed out." One change Chapman would like to make would be for landlords to bring eviction notices to small claims court. He said that in this way, neither party would require an attorney. "As long as the small claims court limit remains at $500, it is not feasible to bring eviction action to small claims court because sums involved often exceed $500," he said. Chapman said other reforms were necessary to make it easier for tenants to get repairs done in a reasonable amount of time. Chapman advised tenants that oral agreements between landlords and tenants often were not enough when a tenant wanted something done. "Tenants need to learn that anything they want done needs to be in writing," he said. "I stress it throughout the book — get it in writing." On Campus "The Peace Corps will show the film "The Toughest Job You'll Ever Love" at: 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. in 2011 Ionics Hall." The seminar "The Bible Today: A Basic Overview" will be presented at 4:30 p.m. for *Ecumenical Christian Ministries*, 1204 Oread Ave. **The KU Committee on South Africa will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at Ecumenical Christian Ministries.** The Tau Sigma Student Dance Club will meet at 7 p.m. today in 242仁boncenter Center. The University Forum will be at 11:45 p.m. tomorrow at Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Richard De George, professor of philosophy, will speak about "Business Ethics: Contradiction in Terms"? Luncheon reservations must be made by noon today. The department of African studies will sponsor a seminar, "Apartheid and the Pass System," led by Norman Yetman, professor of American studies and sociology. The seminar will be at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow in Alcove D of the The KU French Club will meet at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow in the French department lounge on the second floor of Wescoe Hall." **The KU Committee on South Africa will show two movies, "Adapt or Die" and a documentary filmed in South Africa, at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Alderson Auditorium of the Union.** AT&T asks regulators to allow rate cut The Associated Press TOPEKA — An AT&T Communications attorney yesterday told state utility regulators his company needed to refund $5.8 million in long distance fees to Kansas customers and reduce rates by $2.3 million in order to compete on equal footing in the rapidly expanding long-distance telephone market. However, spokesmen for smaller long-distance telephone companies trying to get their foot in the door of the telecommunications field immediately retuted the claim, saying they would be driven out of business if AT&T was prematurely released from "the chain of state regulation." The statements came as the Kansas Corporation Commission opened hearings on AT&T's request to refund customer overcharges in 1984 and 1985 and in the future reduce its base operating fees permanently. Pres Sheppard, ATKT vice president, was the first witness to take the stand and he outlined the company's policy toward competition and elaborated on its need to cut rates. The rates and refunds would affect long-distance calls made within Kansas between the three long-distance service areas, generally the 913 and 316 area codes and the Kansas City metropolitan area. They would not affect interstate long-distance calls — those calls made to points outside the state — or calls made between cities within the same service area. Steven Davis, AT&T attorney, said the reductions were needed because a large number of new companies were now competing for long-distance telephone service in Kansas. Without reductions, he said, AT&T cannot compete on equal footing. 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