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8:34 pm on December 13, 2012 | Permalin
Re: “Landlord, tenant fight city’s rental inspection rules — Privacy at issue, they say; officials point to ensuring health, safety,” Wednesday new story.
Defending the city of Richardson’s program of requiring rental properties to be registered and inspected, the deputy city manager said, “The goal is ensuring that the homes are safe, healthy and clean for the tenants.”
The city’s inspection, prior to a new tenant moving in, has a list of 42 criteria and requires an 85 percent compliance for a passing grade. This, on the surface, is commendable. However, of their 644 inspections, only one home has failed. Of course, one failure in 644 inspections is infinitely worse than the outcome of an inspection process to ensure no residents are keeping an elephant in their backyard.
Is this program, with its taxpayer funded department, really warranted?
Carroll Kennemer, Plano
http://letterstotheeditorblog.dallasnews.com/2012/12/inspection-seems-unnecessary.html/