I recently received a letter in the mail from the Code Enforcement Division of the city of Sacramento regarding a rental inspection program they have adopted. According to the letter, a fee of $140 per rental unit for a period of five years (billed annually at $28) will be assessed to landlords and general inspections will be carried out to make sure rentals are safe havens for tenants and do not cause blight.
Good idea. Bad execution.
Case in point: The inspection time is set for between 8 a.m. to 12 noon. The letter to my tenant doesn't say that the owner must be present. My letter insists I must be present. What am I supposed to do? Sit in the driveway for four hours? Or shoot the breeze with my tenant while we wait for the inspector? A re-inspection fee costs $80 so I'm going to be there.
Will keep you posted!
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Sacramento adopts Rental Inspections
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2 comments:
Why can't they just save everybody time and money and do inspections on a complaint/referral only basis. That way only units that need to be seen are. Seems like a way to get extra money out of everyone and create a new program. I bet they could just charge half that on a referral/complaint only basis!
I couldn't agree more. Everything else code enforcement deals with is on a complaint basis. So I don't see why this isn't.
What really irritates me about this is that I'm actually having to pay the government to keep tabs on me. Something is VERY wrong when that happens!
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