I saw in Saturday's paper that the compromise was enacted by the City
Council. I applaud them for the new law, which is much more reasonable
than the old one was and manages to keep the critical pieces -- issues
related to health and safety -- intact and enforceable. Also, switching
the responsi
I had mixed feelings about the stricter legislation
that was passed some time ago and the effect it would
have on the real estate market. But, the same type of
legislation exists in suburbs next to us and it
doesn't seem to have had an impact on housing sales
there. And since its inception in Mpl
Quoted from the StarTribune article on Truth in Housing:
"Niziolek's proposal would require repair or replacement of unsafe heating
systems or water heaters, ungrounded or overloaded wiring, kinked, damaged
or potentially leaky natural gas pipes, potentially contaminating water
connections, and m
The Required Repairs component of the Truth-In Sale-of-Housing was
instutited January 1st of 1999. For information, go to
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/citywork/city-coordinator/operations/inspections/buying_selling_property/Truth%20in%20Housing/TIHtop.html
Meg Forney
West Calhoun
CM
I'll take up the cudgel.
I have lived, owned in the best and not so best parts of town.
I believe that Tim is right when he says that some parts of town do not need
this.
> The Mayor says the program is duplicative of services
> that already exist yet he has not come forward with
> anythi
