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typing in caps is shouting. I suppose I would be shouting also if I was in your situation. but then I see you in IL so I understand. still. most states require permits and sign offs on plumbing & electrical. cost of business and ensures what you rent is up to code. safety & liability issues. --104.218.xxx.xx

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Yes, we have that here in my town. A local lawyer/investor let that go but went after the town when they tried to tell everyone that tenants could not park on the street and no one was allowed to add any driveways. They were having a war with the local college to keep out students. College built a lot of dorms and the town gets no business from the students since they built stores also and call it Campus Town. Townfolk go there to buy too and lessen the income of the local stores. College students tend not to vote so the politicians wanted more low income folk who tend to vote their way. Crime is up and my rents are being depressed by that. But that's what they want all over the country if folks are dumb enough to vote for them. Just got one as governor. --73.33.xxx.xxx

If it is just rentals, I think some landlords have stated that their states have ruled the inspection of just rentals and not personal homes as unconstitutional. --99.165.xx.xxx

Thanks for the response. --76.29.xx.xxx

selll & move to TX.....Iike everyone else moving from IL & CA. for same reasons. --97.94.xxx.xx

Having noted all that - many small towns in PA have registration and inspection laws. No deep pockets to afford the fight so stuck with paying with no recourse. --72.95.xxx.xx

This is nothing to do with inspections which is cash grab to get revenue what they believe the rich landlords. One city in Hamilton, Ontario the landlord association has to constantly fight the city from passing similar legislation. As a individual it is impossible to fight but as a landlords group it is possible to repeal or change this nightmare. Suppose every housing provider passes the cost on to tenants then maybe this will be changed. --74.220.xxx.xxx

Stephen, I just want to mention you shd not use your last name on this public site. First name--or find a 'handle.' Be careful. --108.87.xx.xxx

This was called a hollow victory. --47.156.xx.xx

Post notices and advertise to other landlords the rent must go up due to silly city rules, prepare a flyer and leave several at city court, city hall, grocery stores - anyone who rents will now be faced with a unplanned increase due to this pending city rule, of course if you were active in city meetings you would have heard a little kibble about this and could gather other landlords and tenants both to flood council meetings and let them know this is not a welcome rent increase. --76.188.xxx.xx

Great stuff. Thanks for feedback. I like trying to drum up more support from local management company's and landlords dealing with same city ordinance maybe hit the town meetings. Discuss changing ordinance or at least get the fees lowered to a more reasonable amount. --76.29.xx.xxx

To those who claim inspections are a safety issue, they are not. If the government was interested in safety, they would demand to inspect the rundown, owner occupied sfh next to one of my rentals, but they don't. That darn constitution applies but not Tenants and Landlords. Also, if an inspector misses an electrical violation and the property burns down, the inspector and the city are not liable. When I tried to pull a permit in the past for a rental property, I was told I could not because I was not living there... what difference does it make who does the work if it is going to be inspected anyway? --174.229.x.xx

REPUBLIC OF bankrupt ILLINOIS. TOTALLY EXPECTED. in many towns here we dont even have building inspectors - just the bigger liberal cities. Then again we dont have a sales tax NOR an income tax - "live free or die" is our license plate motto --24.34.xx.xxx

Nhsailmaker, that's one of the things I've always admired about NH. What are the gun laws like? --71.213.xx.xxx

No worries about Gun Laws here - Heck we dont even have seat belt laws or motorcycle helmet laws - Live free or die Baby !!! We have one of the largest legislatures in the world (400) - they all get paid $100 a year for the few weeks they work on the 2 year budget. True citizen legislature ...and we also still have town hall meetings. One of the highest income states too! lowest unemployment also at 2.7% . Please tell me what bankrupt, highly regulated, IL, CA and NY have on us other than their mass out migration? --24.34.xx.xxx

Once you get all the code related problems fixed like the $2,800 you just dropped, it's not that bad. My license is $50 per unit and the inspection fees for a Certificate of Occupancy is $50. The fire inspection fee is also $50 per unit. I figure it as a way to get a look inside at least once a year with the fire inspections. Then I can make tenants cooperate if they have removed alarms or have done something else stupid like starting to hoard things and having wires all over the place. Take it off your taxes. Since I am not at all scary looking, the inspectors can be used as a threat if I see something going bad. --73.33.xxx.xxx