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In my city in Iowa, all rental property must be inspected every other year and a rental permit purchased.
Gov’t has gotten way too big for its britches.
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”.
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.
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!
Excellent article and I hope they prevail at the SC. This is a common problem and governments use the inspections to control their renter population.