SM - Jim Mork did not quite understand my comment about the physical abuse differences between Sec 8 tenants and non section 8 tenants. Section 8 inspects each unit before a section 8 tenant moves in to make sure that it meets current code. So his argument that the "neglect of the
building" is the reason for more service calls has no merit, unless he
is implying the the section 8 inspectors are incompetant.PT - Jim Mork understood it. I had a landlord that I took to court because he refused to make the much needed abd timely repairs to his property which he rented to me when I was on section 8. I prepared my case well. He lost. Who was this man? At the time he was the Head Housing Inspector for the City of Minneapolis.
I also had a Section 8 inspector look over a duplex I wanted to rent on the northside on Plymouth Avenue. The inspector gave it a passing exam and the contract was drawn up and signed. When I moved in, some things that were concealed to me when I looked at it were then revealed. They were some basic things that I had been lied to about, and things that had the inspector done his job, would never have passed. When I complained and put it in writing, I got them to do another inspection because of the INCOMPETENCE in which the first inspector did his job. He was so cocky he even admitted knowing about these things. God works in mysterious yet wonderous ways. That Inspector was FIRED.
SM - One last question for Bill, Are you a politician?? You mention that you
turned around some "problem properties". We landlords that have been in
the business for over 30 years know that "buildings do not cause
problems. only the people in them do".
PT- Not all landlords are like you and Keith and others on this list. Some of them are quite the "peice of work" as much as their properties need to have work done.Pamela Taylor
(Tampa)
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