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LMU offers landlords workshop on how to address concerns with student renters With more than 1,400 Loyola Marymount students living off campus in the Westchester/Playa community, it’s important to Community Relations Director Grace Yao that student renters and homeowners coexist as harmoniously as possible. While she says the department has worked hard to communicate the resources that are available to students and their neighbors if an issue arises, they
are now hoping to address concerns that landlords may have as well at a workshop being held this month. “As a member of the community, we value our relationship with our neighbors. By and large, most of our students who live in the neighborhood are wonderful and we never receive complaints,” said Yao. “However, with some, there is a learning curve as they navigate what it means to be a student
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and a resident in this predominantly single-family residential community. We have many channels through which we educate students and neighbors, but we do not have much communication with property owners who rent to students. They are a crucial player in all of this and we want to proactively work with them.” At the workshop, landlords will hear from property managers,
representatives from LMU, the LAPD, the city attorney’s office and the Neighborhood Council to gain tools for working with student renters. The workshop will take place on Tuesday, February 9 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Westchester Library, located at 7114 W. Manchester Ave. in Westchester. Guests are asked to RSVP by emailing community@lmu. edu or by calling (310) 338-2759.
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