It was August of last year when this blog wrote about a police raid on 2711 Humboldt Ave. N. (photo of raid, above) and the surprising paper trail of ownership, which led to Donald G. Swensrud; who is active in the Tea Party and Landlord Politics Dot Com.
There has been a new development at the property. Police have Swensrud on notice (click here for document) that further problems at the property can result in loss of the rental license. Furthermore, it's my understanding neighbors are...
...pretty much poised over their phones, eagerly waiting for the next opportunity to call 911 on this problematic property. The city's property website lists 2711 Humboldt Ave. N. in a status of "license in review."
The notification letter from the police department helpfully lists landlord Donald Swensrud at 5429 Lyndale Ave. N.
Huh. Good to know.
The documents mention a search warrant was executed on March 5 and suspected narcotics were recovered. JNS blog is in pursuit of names and further details about the raid.
Stay tuned.
I guess all those investor groups like Landlord Politics Dot Com. really don't give a hoot about anyone around them. It's all about their rights to feed off society.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree
DeleteDo you have a particular reason to think that Mr. Swensrud knowingly tolerates illegal activity on his property? Is there some legally allowable tenant screening procedure that you would suggest he employ that he is not employing? Landlords should take all reasonable legal means to ensure that their properties are not used illicitly, but they can't control everything. I don't have enough data to know whether Swensrud is turning a blind eye to criminality or is himself a victim of problem tenants who he couldn't have identified as problems without having made discriminatory assumptions.
ReplyDeleteClearly, the man is doing something wrong if he's getting warnings like this from the police about his rental license. If I had to take a guess, I suppose the man is not keeping a close enough eye on his tenants. Like, HELLO, it's happened before and it's happened before at THAT property.
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ReplyDeleteThat may have been a good post the FIRST time this residence was raided - but seems like lighting has stuck twice in this location. If he can't run a rental business any better than this he should look for another line of work.
He certainly has no right advocating for landlord rights!
If I were him, I would be scared to try to evict gangbangers from my property.
ReplyDeletedonald swensrud's wife was at one time a member of the brooklyn center city council.
ReplyDeleteU is a bitch Ass nigga I will kill yo bitch Ass
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ReplyDeleteyou is a bitch ass nigga I will kill yo bitch ass.....obviously someone who has taken it in the ass
ReplyDeleteWord of a THIRD incident at this property. I will be getting something written up soon. It's the same resident, AGAIN, involved in the incident.
ReplyDeleteGEE, would that be an example of KNOWINGLY TOLERATING?
Donald is a slumlord...there is no doubt about that. is he an asshole...no. is he an idiot...most likely. i've had to deal with him at another one of his properties and it's an ongoing battle to get him to evict one tenant after another. his common excuse is that he rents to a nice girl that is going to school and trying to clean her life up. well, that girl has friends and before you know it, it's like gang central around his property. it's the same shit over and over and over again. as much as i dislike bashing people, i've tolerated just about as much shit as i can and am now working to remove his license and get his property condemned. it's ridiculous that we, as home owners, have to put up with the constant police calls and SWAT teams in our neighborhood.
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