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Monday, August 12, 2024.
On July 31, 2024, more than 40 members of the Youngstown Housing Task Force met with Jad Pernot, a representative of Youngstown Houses LLC. The purpose of the meeting was to review a Community Agreement with Jad Pernot and ask for Youngstown Houses LLC to commit to executing and fulfilling the agreement. The agreement included:
1. Provide a name and working phone number for the owner of Youngstown Houses, LLC, and the manager of Allstate Property Management, so that the Task Force can effectively communicate with both parties.
2. Register all unregistered rental and vacant housing units that you own within the City of Youngstown as required by law. Provide documentation to the Task Force that all rental properties owned by Youngstown Houses LLC have been registered.
3. Work with the City of Youngstown to coordinate the completion of all pending/outstanding rental inspections on residential rental properties owned by Youngstown Houses LLC in the City of Youngstown. Provide copies of the completed inspection reports to the Task Force to verify successful completion of the inspections.
4. Bring active code enforcement cases on all properties into full compliance with Youngstown’s Property Maintenance Code no later than February 14, 2025. Provide documentation to the Task Force that each case has been resolved and the respective property deemed in full compliance with the City of Youngstown Property Maintenance Code.
5. Respond to all outstanding tenant maintenance requests. Provide the Task Force with a written list of all outstanding tenant maintenance requests that have been resolved at the end of the 30 day period. Provide a name and working phone number for the maintenance supervisor to all tenants so that issues can be reported, documented, and addressed in a timely manner moving forward.
6. Provide professional communication in writing to all tenants. Provide rental receipts upon payment of rent. All other correspondence must be sent to tenants via mail.
7. Cease the acquisition of property, and management of additional property, within the City of Youngstown and Mahoning County until all of the issues outlined in this agreement have been fully resolved with documentation of such provided.
8. Meet with a group of community leaders with the Youngstown Housing Task Force every three months on the last Wednesday of the month at 1810 Volney Road, Youngstown, Ohio 44511 until all strategies in this Agreement have been fully satisfied. At these meetings, you will provide a written, signed progress report that demonstrates the progress made on all the strategies above, including all relevant addresses where issues have been resolved, what is currently in progress, and what remains outstanding.
Mr. Pernot would not agree to sign the agreement, would not provide the names of the company owners, and disclosed that Allstate Property Management has an ownership interest in Youngstown Houses LLC. The Youngstown Housing Task Force will continue to take community and legal action to hold Youngstown Houses LLC accountable.