Posted on 08/14/2013 8:30:06 PM PDT by neverdem
In my city in Iowa, all rental property must be inspected every other year and a rental permit purchased.
May I ask what city that is, please? I want to make sure I never accidentally move there.
Is that really an issue? It’s IOWA! ;-)
Gov’t has gotten way too big for its britches.
It seems to me that the City might have the right to inspect rental property between tenants, or if the renter requested it. If the renter objects, wait until he moves out.
The 4th amendment means what it says, regardless of government lawyers trying to change the meaning of the words (i.e., “this is not a “search warrant”, it is a “code inspection.”)
So much liberty has been lost by this kind of dispicable redefinition (e.g., asset forfiture — the property committed the crime, not the owner, and property has no rights).
They’re not inspecting the renter’s property, they’re inspecting the owner’s property. Rochester was a great city once....now it’s a welfare “hole”.
I’d rather have a bungalow in Iowa than a mansion in New York.
basically you cannot use the guise of regulation to deprive someone of their constitutional rights.
It’s about getting more money out of the owner of the rental property .
What if their unit catches fire and it kills other people in the building?
Then who would be responsible?
The owner.
No lie! But I’ll stick to my spread in the sticks of SD...shacks in Montana are over-rated.
All leases that I've signed have right of entry clauses.
I went back....50 of these inspections in ten years. I think you have to see what they’re inspecting. lotta slumlords in Rochester. my old hometown.
ditto here in MD
tenants are guaranteed the city will force landlords to correct any code violations
landlords are forced to lay a “license” fee which is just a tax by another name
The next town over from me floated the idea that if you owned a 2 family home perhaps they were going to look at a way to tax your rental unit. The idea went nowhere, but it was something on the town fathers’ minds for sure.
Rents in this town are almost 3k for a 2 bedroom flat....so there’s 36k a year some scumbag at city hall was thinking of getting their hands on. Most of these owner-occupied homes are income for long time town residents. Often elderly.
for later b/m
Inspectors are permitted to look through every aspect of a house, wherever there may be violations of federal, state, county, or city law, ordinance, rule or regulation relating to the construction, alteration, maintenance, repair, operation, use, condition or occupancy of a premises. Inspectors may look inside interior surfaces of closets and drawers to determine if they are clean and sanitary.
Before it's settled, some petty tyrant wannabe is going to realize the overlooked opportunity: require a CO for every residence! An inspection -- of course!!
It's for your own good. Step outside and let us do the right thing. Every year -- no wait, every six months! No wait -- you know that smart meter we installed a few years back? Well...now it's improved!
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