North Minneapolis Resident Wants To Put Landlord Donald Swensrud On The Radar, Turns Out He's Already There, But Now I Have A Property List...

 Photo contributed from an earlier incident at a Donald Swensrud Property, blog post by John Hoff

A Northside resident who is having issues with a property owned by Donald Swensrud at 3418 Bryant Ave. N. started Googling the aforementioned Swensrud, and in no time at all ended up at JNS Blog, reading about (inter alia) the SWAT team incident depicted above, click here for earlier story.

Many a Northsider has reached out to this blog for help, not knowing where to begin, and it's my practice to send those persons to helpful contacts in the city's political power structure and the neighborhood organizations. 

But everybody has to start somewhere, right? And this blog is often the "second stop right after Google" when it comes to information about troublesome Northside landlords. 

So...

I did the usual thing. Provided helpful contacts. And in the course of the discussion, somebody quickly generated a list of Swensrud properties. I realized I didn't have the list...and I usually publish lists exactly like that...(It's quite literally how this blog transformed from a personal blog to a media entity shortly after its creation)...and so I thought, well, I better publish that list. 

But first here's a sample of what's being said about Donald Swensrud and his properties.

I'm told one neighbor has lived near a Swensrud property for fifteen years. In that time, they've enjoyed approximately SIX MONTHS of no incidents from rental neighbors. There have been at least two police raids and gang members appear to inhabit the place like wasps in hot barn rafters. The music is sometimes so loud police must be called more than once a day. 

Here is a direct quote:

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I was reading the landlordpolitics.com site and it seems there might be some legal means of having his license removed.  I have to point out that I don’t think Donald is a bad guy, he’s just an idiot that has no idea who he’s renting to…or doesn’t care.  But I’m to the point where I think all neighborhoods, where he has a property, would be better off not having his type of tenants around.

If you know of anything that might help just let me know…appreciate it :-).

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JNS blog says: I have ideas, but almost all of these revolve around a combination of talking to public officials and publishing stuff on the internet. It would be nice if there were attorneys suing on behalf of neighbors who are wronged for 15 years minus 6 months over bad next-door-renter behavior but, I ask you, where's the money in a thing like THAT? 

Well, anyway...

Here's the Swensrud property list.

PID	House	Street	Owner Name	Homestead Status
1002924220033	3554	4TH ST N	DONALD G SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
902924240180	3318	LOGAN AVE N	D G SWENSRUD & M G O'CONNOR	NON-HOMESTEAD
1002924220112	3414	LYNDALE AVE N	DONALD SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
1211821130040	5002	6TH ST N	DONALD G SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
1211821130041	5000	6TH ST N	DONALD G SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
1002924230116	3238	6TH ST N	DONALD C SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
402924430189	3630	FREMONT AVE N	D G SWENSRUD & M G O'CONNOR	NON-HOMESTEAD
1102924230115	2617	UNIVERSITY AVE NE	DONALD G SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
302924440019	3026	CALIFORNIA ST NE	DONALD SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
902924110101	3418	BRYANT AVE N	DONALD G SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
902924340025	2711	HUMBOLDT AVE N	D G SWENSRUD & M G O'CONNOR	NON-HOMESTEAD
1002924230190	414	33RD AVE N	DONALD GARY SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
1002924230067	3303	4TH ST N	DONALD G SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD
1602924210054	1707	26TH AVE N	DONALD G SWENSRUD	NON-HOMESTEAD

Many thanks to any "little bird" who provided this info. You know who you are, and I can't do what I do without all of you.