Post by Logan on Feb 28, 2016 1:03:44 GMT -6
MANCHESTER — When the city’s Commission on Substandard Housing got to work around this time last year, one of the first things members asked for was a list of citations issued by code enforcement officers for housing code violations.
What they learned was that in 2014, of 140 citations issued, 74 were disposed of as “FTA,” which stands for “failure to appear,” with no consequence to the scofflaw.
It quickly became apparent to commission members that some landlords, certainly not all, were not being held accountable for unacceptable, even illegal, conditions. Citations are being ignored; tenant grievances go unresolved; and vacant buildings create hazards with no recourse for the city.
Those are some of the issues that the year-long work of the commission was meant to address, with a set of recommendations due to aldermen next month.
See more at: www.unionleader.com/City-panel-challenges-scofflaw-landlords
What they learned was that in 2014, of 140 citations issued, 74 were disposed of as “FTA,” which stands for “failure to appear,” with no consequence to the scofflaw.
It quickly became apparent to commission members that some landlords, certainly not all, were not being held accountable for unacceptable, even illegal, conditions. Citations are being ignored; tenant grievances go unresolved; and vacant buildings create hazards with no recourse for the city.
Those are some of the issues that the year-long work of the commission was meant to address, with a set of recommendations due to aldermen next month.
See more at: www.unionleader.com/City-panel-challenges-scofflaw-landlords