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From the article: > Intro 195 allows tenants to report maintenance code issues to the Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) department via 311, and have c
by RangerScience 3y ago
From the article:
> Intro 195 allows tenants to report maintenance code issues to the Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) department via 311, and have city officials inspect vacant units when they may pose a hazard to those in units nearby. Tenants living among empty apartments have described trash, mold, open windows, leaky gas pipes and rodents as scourges in their buildings
- readthenotes1 3y agoWhy does the apartment have to be empty to be a health menace?
- chongli 3y ago[flagged]
- wtallis 3y agoIs there anything in the article or the comment you replied to that implies that only empty apartments can become a health hazard, or are you just constructing a straw man? It seems quite plausible that landlords with a high vacancy rate could be less motivated to proactively inspect, clean, and maintain apartments that are not currently generating income and which they do not expect to generate income in the near future, as compared to apartments that are in-demand or currently occupied. So such apartments could reasonably be more in need of city inspections prompted by complaints from neighbors. And inspections of unoccupied apartments will naturally tend to be less disruptive to tenants than inspections of occupied apartments, so there's not much downside to creating a mechanism to do more inspection of unoccupied apartments.
- pxmpxm 3y agoMarket failure created by policy made by people that don't have a grasp on economics -> more policy by the same people that continues to ignore the economics driving the market failure. Price cap is a synonym for shortage
- readthenotes1 3y agoA primary reason given in the article was so that other tenants could report unsafe conditions. Seems like that should be possible whether or not there's a tenant in the apartment