Having just sold a house in Minneapolis I have mixed feelings about the Truth in Housing requirements. The greater percentage of things that I had to fix were picayune. Things like pipes that had been abandoned needing to be cut off -- they weren't a hazard and had been there and were okay-fine when I bought the house, now suddenly they are a problem?
I don't -- and didn't -- object to fixing things like pinpoint gas leaks, enclosing electrical junctions in boxes, etc. These are all having to do with safety, and I agree that it is important to make sure these things get fixed at the time a house changes hands, or it is too easy for the new owner to agree to fix them, and then let them slide. This is a large part of the reason why housing stock deteriorates and the law makes sure this no longer happens. If they could rewrite the law so that only major safety hazards were required to be repaired, I wouldn't mourn it's passing. But, based on my recent experience, the law goes far, far beyond that. Have others on the list had recent experience with this law, and what is your impression? Barbara Nelson Burnsville (recently of Minneapolis) _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
