CONDITIONS OF OCCUPANCY of Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority
V. CONDITIONS OF OCCUPANCY of Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority
.1. The Tenant and members of his/her household, guests, visitors and employees shall comply with all laws and City ordinances affecting the use or occupation of the premises and with all reasonable rules or regulations now or hereafter adopted by the Management for the safety, comfort and welfare of the occupants of the project and BMHA staff.
2. Tenants shall respect the rights and privileges of other tenants and are subject to action by Management upon written complaints and petitions from two or more Tenants.
3. Tenants shall put out garbage and trash on days and times at places designated by the Management. All garbage must be properly contained no loose garbage or paper bags allowed. Tenant shall be charged as additional rent according to the schedule posted in the Management office for any trash removal or cleanup done by Management due to Tenant's failure to comply. Tenant shall comply with all recycling requirements imposed by local and state ordinances. The tenant is responsible for the prevention of the accumulation of oil and/or grease on parking areas, and must refrain from the storage or accumulation of unsightly items including inoperable automobiles, other vehicles and machinery or appliances on the premises.
4. The Tenant will be held strictly responsible for any loss or damage to BMHA property resulting from overflow from toilets, sinks, washers, bathtubs, or basins due to the Tenant's negligence. Tenant shall also be responsible for loss or damage to other tenants' property, due to negligent acts or omissions of tenant, tenant's household members, guests, visitors, etc. All damage. accidents, or necessary repairs to BMHA property must be reported AT ONCE by the Tenant to the work order repair number at management office.
5. The Tenant shall not make any additions, alterations or repairs, including but not limited to, fans, fences, sheds, exterior shades, awnings, CB, TV, or other wires or articles of any kind, without written consent of the Management. Any repairs made with Management's consent must conform to all building codes. Management, by giving consent, assumes no responsibility or liability for such additions, alterations and/or repairs. No part of the rent shall be payable in repairs or alterations of any description. All repairs and alterations shall become the property of the Management at the termination of the leasehold.
6. The Tenant shall not use or keep flammable materials in the dwelling unit, nor use any method of heating or cooking other than that supplied by the Management. USE OF STOVES FOR HEATING IS A FIRE AND HEALTH HAZARD AND IS STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
7. Tenants, household members or guests shall not throw anything from the windows or the doors of the dwelling.
8. BALCONIES: In those units that have balconies, the Tenant is advised of the following rules for their own safety, and that of their neighbors:
a. There shall be no cooking of any kind on the balconies;
b. The Balconies are not play areas for children, and may not be used as such;
C. The balconies are not storage areas for household items, trash, garbage or debris, and may not be used as such; and
d. Tenants, their families and guests must refrain from throwing anything off of the balconies.
9. The Tenant shall not permit his/her children to play in neighbors' yards or in public areas (hallways, elevators, streets, parking areas, etc., except those designated for this purpose), nor shall tenants or their household guests obstruct sidewalks, passages, public halls, stairways, fire escapes, or vestibules or use them for any purpose other than to exit or enter dwellings.
10. The maintenance of lawns and snow removal in front and rear of houses shall be the responsibility of the Tenants residing in houses where walkways, stairs, lawns, and parking areas are used only by one or two households. Tenants who fail to maintain lawns and snow removal shall be subject to maintenance charges. The maintenance of lawns and snow removal in common areas used by more than two households will be the responsibility of the Management. The Tenant is required to clean and maintain the public halls and stairways adjacent to his dwelling in, accordance with the BMHA rules, posted or distributed to the Tenant and incorporated herein by reference.
11. Tacks, nails, bolts, screws, or other wall fasteners, or cement used to lay carpets, rugs, or floor coverings, are strictly prohibited. Costs of damages and shall be charged to the Tenant.
12. The Tenant shall use only in a reasonable manner and for the use they were intended all electrical, plumbing, sanitary, heating, ventilating, air conditioning and other equipment and facilities including elevators.
13. The Tenant, his/her household visitors, and guests, shall not destroy, deface, damage or remove any part of the premises or development.
14. The Tenants and their visitors in the development shall conduct themselves in a manner which will not disturb his/her neighbors' peaceful enjoyment of their premises and will be conducive to maintaining the development in a decent, safe and sanitary condition.
15. The Tenant and others on Tenant's premises or visiting tenant in the development shall refrain from any activity, illegal or otherwise, which disturbs the physical or social environment of the development; verbally abusing, threatening, or menacing Management staff or other tenants and/or their guests will subject Tenant to eviction.
16. Absent negligence on the part of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority or one of its agents, The Management shall have no liability for any personal property of the tenant.
17a. EVICTION DUE TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN FEDERAL DEVELOPMENTS: A PUBLIC HOUSING TENANT, ANY MEMBER OF THE TENANT'S HOUSEHOLD, OR A GUEST OR OTHER PERSON UNDER THE TENANT'S CONTROL SHALL NOT ENGAGE IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY THAT THREATENS THE HEALTH, SAFETY, OR RIGHT TO PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THE PREMISES, OR ANY DRUG RELATED ACTIVITY ON OR NEAR PUBLIC HOUSING PREMISES, WHILE T14E TENANT IS A TENANT IN PUBLIC HOUSING; "DRUG RELATED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS DWELLING LEASE, MEANS THE ILLEGAL MANUFACTURE, SALE, DISTRIBUTION, USE, OR POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO MANUFACTURE, SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR USE, OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 102 OF THE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE ACT (21 U.S.C 802).
I17b. EVICTION DUE TO CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IN STATE DEVELOPMENTS: THE FOLLOWING CONDUCT SHALL BE GROUNDS FOR EVICTION: THE UNLAWFUL TRADE, MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, STORAGE AND/OR SALE OF MARIJUANA OR ANY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE AS MORE SPECIFICALLY DEFINED AND SET FORTH IN §3306 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW, AND §220.00 OF T14E PENAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR THE POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE SUCH AS WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF §§ 220.16, 220.18 OR 220.21 OF THE PENAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR THE UNLAWFUL POSSESSION, USE OP., DISPLAY OF A WEAPON AS DEFINED IN §265.00 OF THE PENAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN THE APARTMENT OR IN THE COMMON AREAS OF THE BUILDING OR ANYWHERE ON THE GROUNDS OF THE DEVE LORIVIE, TT BY A TENANT OR A MEMBER OF A TENANT'S FAMILY OR BY ANY GUEST OR OTHER PERSON INVITED OR PERMITTED INTO THE APARTMENT OR COMMON AREAS OF THE BUILDING OR ONTO THE GROUNDS BY A TENANT OR BY A MEMBER OF A TENANT'S FAMILY IN OCCUPANCY WITH T14E TENANT, PROVIDED THAT THE TENANT OR SUCH FAMILY MEMBER OR GUEST SHALL HAVE ACTUAL OR IMPLIED KNOWLEDGE OF, OR SHALL HAVE PERMITTED SUCH GUEST OR OTHER PERSON TO ENGAGE IN SUCH UNLAWFUL CONDUCT.
18. CONDITIONAL LIMITATION: In any lease violations involving fraud, criminal, or drug related activity, or creating a threat to the health or safety of other tenants or BMHA Staff, if a written Notice detailing Lease Violations is served on Tenant notifying Tenant of the basis of the lease violations and a lease termination date, this Lease and lease terms shall expire and come
to an end fully and completely on the termination date fixed in the Notice of Lease Violation as if that were the date originally fixed in the Lease for its expiration; the Tenant shall become a holdover Tenant after the Notice date and shall quit and surrender the premises to the Management.
See LEASE RIDER, ATTACHED HERETO AND INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
BMHA does business in accordance with the Fair Housing Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, sex, age, national origin, disability or handicap.
Why a does this housing project force a person to use a bulletin board to get his complaint examine?
These are the rules of the housing project written by the B.M.H.A. staff. Personally I find these rules splendidly to follow concerning this housing project.The name of these rules are called the "CONDITIONS OF OCCUPANCY" concerning your lease with the Housing Authority. The sad thing concerning these rules they don't even follow the rules.
They should be enforcing the rules of the condition of the occupancy. If they did they would be lesser of problems within this housing project.
The following people were contact concerning this complaint House manager, Executive Director of the housing project, the commissioners of this housing project, as well as HUD to take care this complaint. Within five years nobody answered mine complain concerning my rights were violated. According to the rules of "CONDITIONS OF OCCUPANCY" this attitude by the Housing Authority is considered disrespect to the tenants. Since the Housing Authority has been disrespectful to me does this mean they get an eviction notice?
My question to this housing project is it right for someone else to violate another person's rights? Is it right to the housing project or another tenant to violate another person's rights?
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