Arcata’s Residential Rental Inspection Program Now Accepting Public Comment
This is a press release from the City of Arcata:
The City of Arcata is looking for renters, rental property owners, and managers to share experiences and input regarding the proposed Residential Rental Inspection Program (RRIP).
“The intent of the RRIP is to have owners and operators be more involved in showing their compliance with existing law,” said Joe Bishop, City of Arcata Building Official.
Unsafe long-term rental properties can pose threats to tenants’ well-being and to the stability of the building. Participation by the public is encouraged, especially community members directly affected by this program such as renters and rental property owners. Members of the community can submit their comments and suggestions directly to the Building and Engineering department at [email protected] or (707)-825-2156.
Public engagement is key in creating and applying a program that works for all and promotes the health and safety of city neighborhoods. The city is also holding a public meeting on Monday, May 23 at 5:30 p.m. at the D Street Neighborhood Center located at 1301 D St. in Arcata.
To stay up to date with the latest information regarding the RRIP you can sign up to receive eNotifications at www.cityofarcata.org/list.aspx, or visit cityofarcata.org/973/Residential-Rental-Inspection-Program.
The City of Arcata is looking for renters, rental property owners, and managers to share experiences and input regarding the proposed Residential Rental Inspection Program (RRIP).
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Limit the number of rental properties someone could own and ban vacation rentals.
I am not a resident of Arcata, but I would like to add that a rental agreement is a business transaction between the renter and the landlord. This article sounds like full blown communism when the government has to decide what’s best for the renter. The government will decide what’s best, that means fining the landlord and the renter becomes homeless!
There’s already plenty of protections for renters. How about some for landlords?
Exept for Skweir’s ONLY! Somehow that happened…
Maybe DRUGS are the real problem and the U.S. should just submit itself early to a communist china. In the coming months the economic sytem will fail and we will be vulnerable to China and Russia according to Milley He is already warning the U.S. troops of defeat. And the Davos elite are cheering… The takedown of the U.S. and the dollar! Look this stuff up I am not joking! Our Big Gov and so called elected has Corrupted to the elite.
I’m not sure what you mean by “protection only for me”: I attempt to provide safe, comfortable, secure housing for anyone renting one of the properties I am fortunate to own and in reutrn provide them at a fair price to the people interested in living in them.
It’s simply that I don’t believe another layer of mandated regulation is needed. Tenants already have multiple layers of protection from abuse. The most vital one is the ability to withhold rent and use that portion to pay for needed repairs if the landlord refuses to do so. Any subsequent retaliatory eviction attempt usually ends up decided in favor of the tenant. Even if legally and lawfully noticed, served and issued an eviction order, tenants can still challenge and delay the process for months.
I’m sorry if you have been victimized by unscrupulous land barrons in the past that may be affecting your attitude toward my comment. I’m all for safe affordable housing for everyone.
And if the city of Arcata feels that a “rental housing inspection” service is going to improve the quality of housing stock in the city, go ahead and set up the program. Let the tenants choose to participate and pay for the privilge. I can gaurantee that none of the people that rent a home from me would feel the need to partake of that program.
I am sorry sir; this debate seems out of my league. I do not own rentals I just hate gov power deciding about property rights. Maybe there is a happy median somehow.