Welcome to the Alliance of Property Owners
Updates on Government Overreach
We work with multiple Property owner & Real Estate Investor Associations (REIA's) to help stop the spread of unconstitutional fees, inspection and taxes. See some of these groups listed below. If you are in the area, stop by to learn and support them. If your city is starting or growing their regulations and fees & you are willing to organize a group but don't know where to start contact us: [email protected]
Or download the letter we sent in Alliance Ohio to stop Fees & Unconstitutional Inspections.
Our most pressing issue:
Please CLICK THIS LINK NOW to send an email urging the Ohio Senate to pass HB93 which stops municipalities from attaching a tenant's water bill to your property taxes.
The 4th Amendment of the united States Constitution:
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
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Everyone who signs up will automatically be sent a copy of the letter we sent our tenants along with the petition to stop this ordinance before it passes. (Check your downloads after sign-up) If you are willing, PLEASE sign the petition, ask your tenants to sign the petition & send the signatures back to: [email protected]
Feel free to edit this letter in any way you want.
Use it anywhere in the world you have government reaching into your private property rights.
When you sign up, we will email you about our meetings, important council and committee meetings. We will also send important updates on other legislative issues that pertain to housing and property rights. (This will not be spam email & we don't want to sell you anything. We just want to keep you informed so you have a better life.)
State Legislative Updates:
Ohio HB93 Passes House Floor Vote &
moves to Senate Committee
Lila Testifies to the House Committee in support of HB93
In Nov 2024 Eric & Lila testified to the Senate.
The bill prevents municipalities from attaching a lien on properties from services that were contracted for and used by tenants. It prevents property owners to be payers of last resort. It only makes sense to have utility bills paid for by those who use the services. Water, sewer, and trash services should not be treated differently than other utilities.
As a housing provider in this state, when I am hit with unexpected bills or liens on my property for services I didn't contract for or use, it makes it difficult for me to keep my rents reasonable and my deposits low. These extra charges must be socialized across other properties that are rented by good and paying tenants.
UPDATE: This bill has passed the Ohio House & is now in Committee in the Ohio Senate. Thanks for your testimony Lila!
Please CLICK THIS LINK NOW to send an email urging the Ohio Senate to pass this bill.
Stark County Real Estate Investors Meetings are held on the Last Tuesday of every month!
Meet at La Pizzaria at 7pm in the back room. Everyone is welcome. Or come early & dine with us.
3656 Dressler Rd. NW
Canton, OH 44718
Official Stark County REIA website:
www.SCREIA.org
ALSO: Join us at the Canton City Council Meeting (when legislation that affects our members is proposed) on most Mondays at 7pm. Check their schedule to verify dates. You must sign in 15 min before the meeting to speak.
218 Cleveland Ave SW
Canton, OH 44702
Ohio Real Estate Investors
Meet us at the National Real Estate Summit on the first weekend in November:
Official Ohio Real Estate Investors website:
www.OREIA.com
City of Alliance OH Property Owners Official Meetings are held on the 4th Thursday of every month!
Meet at Don Poncho's at 6pm in the back room. Everyone is welcome.
2105 W State St
Alliance, OH 44601
ALSO: Join us at the Alliance City Council Meeting on the 1st and 3rd Monday at 6pm.
470 E Market St.
Alliance OH 44601
The next City Council's Planning, Zoning and Housing Committee meeting:
Not announced yet
504 E Main St.
Alliance OH 44601
Official APO website:
www.alliancepropertyowners.com/
Alliance Ohio Proposes to violate 4th Amendment rights of every tenant, housing provider & homeowner in their city.
Join our Alliance Property owners group now to help us fight these inspections. Sign up for Free email updates.
Alliance, OH is discussing inspecting every rental in the city. They say they will also inspect owner occupied properties if the owners purchased on a Land Contract. The current plan is to inspect every owner occupied home within 3 years. Members of City Council's Planning, Zoning and Housing Committee said they may charge $100 per unit per year. A similar ordinance was passed in North Canton, OH with less aggressive fees. The rents in that city increased by about $100 per unit per month over the following 18 months.
If this passes, property owners in the city of Alliance could be forced to do unneeded or unwanted upgrades whenever the city desires them.
The Chairman of the committee said this is just the 1st step. He would like to inspect inside of every privately owned home in the city. Presumably the home owners would also have to pay these annual fees and open their private homes to government inspectors every year. He also stated that he believed everyone should have insurance so they would make proof of insurance a requirement during the inspections/licensing process.
I, Eric Wohlwend, personally talked to Mayor Andrew Grove. When I expressed the unconstitutional nature of this law, the mayor, somewhat dismissively, told me that this ordinance would pass.
Hundreds of housing providers and tenants have shown up and signed a petition to protest this new ordinance. Chairman Mastroianni of the Planning, Zoning, and Housing Committee started the meeting by announcing that they better do this right because it looks like there will be opposition. He has been proven correct, and the city shows no signs of backing down.
The first proposal has a half a million dollars of taxpayer money that is expected to be spent on legal fees if this passes. If you pay any taxes in the city of Alliance, you should consider whether this is a good use of your tax dollars.
We have discussed this on multiple radio shows. Listen here to get caught up with what has been going on since March 2024.
The opinions in these shows only reflect the speaker's opinions, which are subject to change with all new information. They obviously do not reflect everyone in the Alliance Property Owners group, the City of Alliance, or the world.
Corruption in City Council
Right after the planning & zoning committee meeting we recorded a radio show on this proposed inspection ordinance. On Monday March 25th the show aired.
Cities across America are violating the 4th amendment by forcing housing providers to pay large fees & then requiring property inspections. These inspections have already been found unconstitutional in at least 3 cities just in Ohio. The city of Alliance Ohio is one of the newest in line to attempt to pass another unconstitutional ordinance. Even though 35 housing providers and tenants showed up at the committee meeting to protest the new ordinance, the council committee made it clear that they intended to pass this. No one other than the council spoke in favor of this ordinance.
Listen here on: Apple Podcasts or here.
What is even worse about this city is they are exempting one of the largest landlords in town, Mt. Union University & all of their college rentals. AND the city intends to inspect owner occupied houses if the homes were purchased using a land contract. They also said this is just the 1st step. They would like to move on to all other home owners next. Yes, they will require you to show your insurance to them & then open your doors so they can tell you what you are required to fix in your own home. The only way to stop this is to say NO Now. Refuse the inspection. Take your city to court. This government overreach must be stopped before they make every city in America as unaffordable to live in as California has.
It's All About the Speed
On March 27th the ordinance was discussed on: It's All About the Speed Apple Podcasts or Spotify or here.
Alliance City's Money Grab
Not only does the City of Alliance, Ohio want to pass an unconstitutional ordinance, they want the housing providers to pay for it (and by extension their tenants). The city officials have admitted that it will cause rents to raise. They saw over 100 people show up in opposition at the last council meeting. They have not had a single housing provider or tenant speak up in support of the ordinance. Their newest excuse for completely ignoring the citizens they have been elected to represent is that the courts take too long. Now the legislative body wants to remove the checks & balances of the judicial system.
The city, that collects all of the money, says it is not all about money. At the same time, they decided to only do inspections every 3 years, and they will still charge us every year.
Listen to this episode on: Apple Podcasts or here.
Our Current Legal Battles to protect your Property Rights
Our members Eric & Lila Wohlwend are currently battling the City of North Canton and are represented by:
1851 Center for Constitutional Law!
Our 1st win in this case:
OHIO CITIES CANNOT GUT SEARCH WARRANT REQUIREMENT
CF Homes, LLC vs
DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR CITY OF NORTH CANTON
North Canton’s crusade for warrants to enter homes based solely on lack of consent from homeowners is unconstitutional.
Previous Wins against the Federal Government!
Our own members Eric & Lila Wohlwend sued the CDC and won in Cleveland Federal court. When the CDC tried to Ban Evictions, the Wohlwend's, 1851 Center for Constitutional Law & Pacific Legal Foundation took them to court in Skyworks Ltd., et al. v. Centers for Disease Control to restore property owner's rights for all. —Thank you Skyworks, Pacific Legal Foundation & 1851 Center for Constitutional Law!
Kent landlords scored a legal victory against the city’s housing inspection program
Overruling the city’s most recent effort (there have been several) to dismiss the Constellation Ohio case, Judge Becky Doherty on July 12 ruled that Kent’s inspection policy and practice are “unconstitutional and unreasonable,” the fines used to enforce the code are “arbitrary, capricious, unreasonable, and unconstitutional,” and attaching unpaid fines to the landlords’ real estate taxes is “contrary to state law.”
Doherty also said Kent has been unjustly enriching itself by collecting fines and application fees for housing licenses that were not issued, and she ordered Kent to return an undetermined amount of the fines and fees, plus interest, to the plaintiffs.
Excerpt from The Portager by
Other Wins by 1851 Center
for Constitutional Law
FEDERAL COURT: CITIES’ RENTAL LICENSING AND INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS UNCONSTITUTIONAL in Baker v. Portsmouth
Fourth Amendment secures property rights of landlords from unlawful searches and occupational licensing regulations in Ohio and nationwide
MILFORD AIRBNB BAN UNCONSTITUTIONAL in Pund v. Bedford Ohio cities unlawfully trample property rights when they criminalize vacation rentals.
VICTORY: OHIO CITIES’ “PRE-SALE” HOME INSPECTIONS AND FEES UNCONSTITUTIONAL Thompson v. Oakwood.
City of Oakwood violated homeowners Fourth Amendment rights through sweeping city-wide home inspection requirements and must now return inspection fees to all affected homeowners.
There have been many other victories in many other states & countries. Below we have links to just a few.
Landlord and Tenants Sue Illinois City Challenging Unconstitutional Home Inspections
Josefina Lozano, et al. v. City of Zion, et al.
The Institute for Justice is the national law firm for liberty and the nation’s leading advocate for property rights. IJ has successfully challenged a rental inspection program in Yuma, Arizona, and is currently challenging the rental inspection regimes of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, and Seattle, Washington. IJ has spent more than 25 years fighting for the rights of all Americans to be secure in their homes and businesses and safe from abusive government policies. IJ’s victories have saved homes and businesses, including: the home of an Atlantic City widow; 17 homes and businesses in Lakewood, Ohio; and a boxing gym for inner-city youth in National City, California.
Tenants Win Battle to Stop Government Abuse:
Yuma Rewrites Rental Inspection Ordinance; Lawsuit Challenging Yuma Warrantless Searches Dismissed
Arbitrary Rental Inspections Violate Search and Seizure Protections, Says Iowa Court
BRYAN C. SINGER, et al vs CITY OF ORANGE CITY AND KURT FREDERES
In the guise of protecting public health, many communities require tenants and landlords to submit to regular inspections of rental properties without probable cause. They do so despite objections raised by owners and residents. But now an Iowa court has joined others in ruling that such invasions of privacy and private property are unconstitutional.
Join us today to help stop the massive government overreach & over spending which is stifling business growth, decreasing job opportunities and increasing inflation all across the world.
Sign up for our free email updates & get the letter we send to our tenants when these laws are proposed so we can stop the cities before we have to go to court!
Join our Alliance of Property Owners:
Free Mailing List
Stay up-to-date with developments in our fights against government overreach.
Everyone who signs up will automatically be sent a copy of the letter we sent our tenants along with the petition to stop this ordinance before it passes. (Check your downloads after sign-up) If you are willing, PLEASE sign the petition, ask your tenants to sign the petition & send the signatures back to: [email protected]
Feel free to edit this letter in any way you want.
Use it anywhere in the world you have government reaching into you private property rights.
When you sign up, we will email you about our meetings. Important council and committee meetings. We will also send important updates on other legislative issues that pertain to housing and property rights. (This will not be spam email & we don't want to sell you anything. We just want to keep you informed so you have a better life.)
