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Housing codes determine what is acceptably "habitable" and what is not. The laws are also more strict when the residence is a rental property, as American soci
by wavefunction 12y ago
Housing codes determine what is acceptably "habitable" and what is not. The laws are also more strict when the residence is a rental property, as American society would like to discourage absentee or delinquent land-lords and help protect tenants from bad situations where your land-lord is supposed to be maintaining a property but instead tells you to "go live with a relative" when the heat is out.
- cpwright 12y agoFor demolition it shouldn't matter if it is a rental or not. If it would be habitable by an owner; then it shouldn't be demolished. The tenant may be evicted or he could be fined or something; which is fine, but he should still be allowed to attempt to market the house as a single family residence.