Du Quoin mayor wants to require rental inspections after properties condemned

Du Quoin mayor wants to require rental inspections after properties condemned

DU QUOIN — City officials received complaints that water turned off one weekend in early October was still not back on in the Elkhurst Apartments days later.

Philly moving toward conducting proactive inspections of rental properties

Unlike other big cities, rental properties are not inspected proactively. Amid an affordable housing crisis, advocates say that’s putting low-income tenants at risk.

Philly usually inspects rental homes only if someone complains. The city may soon start doing proactive checks.

Washington, D.C., has had success with its own program.

Officials say rental inspection program plans could come before Council later this spring

A long-awaited proposal for a city rental inspection program could be brought before City Council later this spring, Richmond Planning Director Kevin Vonck said Tuesday. The idea, which would let city inspectors examine residential rental units in certain districts suffering from blight and deterioration, has been discussed “every three years for the last 20 years,” Michelle Coward, a deputy director with the planning department, told a council …

COUNCIL HOLDS HEARING ON RENTAL HOUSING CONDITIONS, LANDLORD ACCOUNTABILITY

PHILADELPHIA — This morning, Councilmember Nicolas O’Rourke (At-Large) joined a joint hearing of the Committees on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless and Licenses & Inspection (L+I) about rental code enforcement, ... The post COUNCIL HOLDS HEARING ON RENTAL HOUSING CONDITIONS, LANDLORD ACCOUNTABILITY appeared first on Philadelphia City Council.