A New York City landlord named the worst in the city by the Public Advocate’s office is at Rikers after allegedly failing to perform hundreds of court-ordered repairs on some Manhattan properties he owns.
You raise an excellent point about capability as a person to whom others are reliant upon. Landlords would do well to have a definition of housing to measure their properties against. If a landlord doesn’t have the property up to standard within X days of issue of complaint, the property is forfeit and becomes public and the state can make the changes.
Landlords who do their job and make living in their properties not a nightmare are eligible for a tip.
Not really, in most places in the US. Housing departments are underfunded in many states and municipalities, mostly so crooked property companies can get away with renting unsafe and unsanitary properties or extorting tenants. Sure, they’ll usually take action against the biggest offenders after enough people complain, but exercising tenant rights (if indeed you have any, tenant rights vary state to state, county to county and sometimes city to city) is very hard and costly in many places.
You raise an excellent point about capability as a person to whom others are reliant upon. Landlords would do well to have a definition of housing to measure their properties against. If a landlord doesn’t have the property up to standard within X days of issue of complaint, the property is forfeit and becomes public and the state can make the changes.
Landlords who do their job and make living in their properties not a nightmare are eligible for a tip.
Are there not tenancy bureaus where you live that enforce (or y’know, give lip service) to housing standards?
Not really, in most places in the US. Housing departments are underfunded in many states and municipalities, mostly so crooked property companies can get away with renting unsafe and unsanitary properties or extorting tenants. Sure, they’ll usually take action against the biggest offenders after enough people complain, but exercising tenant rights (if indeed you have any, tenant rights vary state to state, county to county and sometimes city to city) is very hard and costly in many places.