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Support Bob Stone: Pappas trying to put good, elderly tenant on the street
in landlord retaliation for reporting Housing Code violations
UPDATE: Sadly, Bob Stone passed away, in part, due to all the stress Pappas caused him

 
Louis Pappas, Pappas Real Estate Trust Company
Inheritor of his mother's millions in real estate

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You Are Not Alone
preparing for Small Claims or Landlord Tenant Court

Pappas Ordered by Judge
to Repay Tenants

  
The Honorable Judge Karen Henenberg
of the Arlington District Court
orders Pappas to return $1275 in security deposits
he attempted to keep, back to two young lady tenants

Louie Falsely Claims
Exemption to Judge

Pappas claims Exemption to
Virginia Landlord Tenant Laws
and Housing Codes under Oath

§§ 36-86. through 36-96
"this chapter shall not apply to any single-family house sold or rented by an owner, provided that such private individual does not own more than three single-family houses at any one time"

Pappas owns more than 3
such residential properties and
conceals them as "commercial"

Pappas Stalls on Deposit Return
as Friedlander breaks promise

Another deposit was not returned as promised - even for months after tenant moved out.   A landlord should simply send the security deposit to the tenant within a week of the move out date.   

But the tenant had to make repeated requests and start pursuing legal action to get his promised funds.  This was difficult as he had moved over 1000 miles away.  The time and trouble to get his funds was more than the deposit itself.

This is often the case, when tenants cannot afford the funds or time off from work to pursue justice.  Meanwhile, landlords have the luxury of time, money, and may even purchase special considerations.

Pappas has taken up hundreds of  hours and thousands in public funds from the Arlington Commonwealth Attorney and Police Departments for serving his tenant matters rather than the Public. 

Pappas made unfounded accusations and false statements under oath.  These accusations did not stand up in court.  Pappas offered no physical evidence, and only his inconsistent testimonies.  A Jury quickly saw through his baloney. 

But Pappas took precious resources away from the War on Terrorism, unsolved murders (click) and finding missing persons. 

Should millionaire Pappas reimburse the Commonwealth of Virginia taxpayers for the cost of his false accusations? 
See: PappasPerjury.com

Would Pappas get such special attention if he was a pauper?
EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER THE LAW ?

Bad Karma - Stealing from the Saintly

From 1990-1993, the properties at 505 24th Street and 2320 South Eads next door provided meeting rooms for a Transcendental Meditation Center, a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to world peace.

The couple that managed the Center were were ideal tenants, Mr. & Mrs. Gary Inman. They naturally fulfilled all tenant responsibilities, generously made improvements at their own expense, and left the house in perfect condition. 

Nevertheless, in 1993 Pappas refused to return the $1000 security deposit to the TM Center.  In the interests of peace, they transcended the issue.  They did not pursue legal action, or any action on the surface of life, leaving Pappas to the universal Law of Karma.

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2320 South Eads Street, Arlington VA
former TM Group Program Facility,
headquarters for the Natural Law Party of Northern Virginia

Fire at 2320 South Eads
What happened May 25, 1997?

• Pappas' handy man Marvin had been advising him for years from 1994 - 1997 to fix electrical wiring at 2320 South Eads. 
  

• Pappas' negligence finally leads to a fire in May 25, 1997.  

• Pappas knowingly withheld this information (and Marvin's existence) from Fire Investigator Kenneth Kent; an Officer of the Law

• When the Inspector asks Pappas "Do you know what might have caused this fire?" he is not supposed to send him on a wild goose chase

• Pappas tried to blame the fire on the homeless men that Shaddock was hiring for yard work.

• Pappas seeks maximum payment from Fire Insurance Company for repair of his house, by avoiding being seen at fault for the fire.

• Pappas receives increase in property value to his house of over $57,500 without paying a penny for the repairs.

Pappas' 40+ Lies to 10+ Arlington Authorities
Probable Cause for the Arrest of Louis A. Pappas

Illegal Parking Lot Operation
Against Arlington County Zoning Board's orders

TenantsAreNotTrespassers.Org

Please sign our
Petition for Judicial Review
Tenants Are Not Trespassers

Bring Common Sense
to the Commonwealth

Pappas Tenants speak at Arlington County Zoning Hearing 
televised on Arlington Cable TV
regarding rezoning of Pappas properties
from Residential to Commercial.

October 2, 1995 R1 to C2 request

October 14, 1995 R1 to C1 request

28 November 1995

8 July 1998 

Louis Pappas attempts to rezone house commercial
to justify increase in rent

Pappas Tenant Association founder Shaddock reported
Pappas' history of noncompliance with zoning regulations

Pappas' Secret "Safe House"

Pappas proudly tells many that one of his houses was
seen by millions in the 1987 movie NO WAY OUT.
But he keeps it secret from the Judge,
claiming he is "not a full time landlord", and
therefore exempt from Virginia Housing Code Regulations
for providing proper living conditions to tenants

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRa07k7Kb_A#t=2m45s

YouTube video of the movie "No Way Out"
showing one of Pappas' rental properties
playing the role of the "Russian spy house."

After the tenants graciously allowed their home to be used by the movie crew and Kevin Costner for the film,  free of charge, Pappas declared the house to be more valuable, and raised their rent!

Affiliated with the

  National Association for Renters Rights  

Pappas Discriminates against
Blacks and Hispanics in violation of
Virginia Law § 36-96.3
Unlawful discriminatory housing practices.

• Mission

• Your Rights as a Tenant in Virginia

• Your 15 Common Rights as a Tenant by Sally Anderson

• How to go to Small Claims Court - from Arlington VA Court Web Site

• How to Collect Your Deposit

• Tenant Handbook

• Proposed Virginia House or Senate Bills - for the protection of tenants

• Current Efforts and Successes

• Virginia Code - Search your rights. References to: Tenant, Landlord

• Standard Lease

• Members - properties

• Guest/Comments Book

• Links to other relevant sites

• Link to Aurora Hills Civic Association has opposed Pappas on zoning issues

• Pappas deceased - death notice

"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free it expects what never was and never will be ...
The people cannot be safe without information.
Where the press is free, and every man is able (and willing) to read, all is safe."

Thomas Jefferson

“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”

Edmund Burke

"We will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost,
but will make it very certain
that this form of treachery
shall never again endanger us."

Franklin D. Roosevelt December 8, 1941

"We will not only defend our rights to the uttermost,
but will make it very certain, that this form or landlord treachery
(stolen security deposits, false trespassing accusation, false claims of exemption)
shall never again endanger any tenant."

Frederick Shaddock, Pappas Tenant Association