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Rental Housing Inspections Page 1 of 2 <br />-91- <br />Horn: Join Now <br />nenstve rencr property iocattor <br />Contact Us 'istTime (User Contents Why Join <br />Tenants Screening Landlord Training. <br />Subject Areas <br />Rental Housing On Line <br />I Home <br />;Accounting and Book <br />Keeping <br />;Advertising Vacancies <br />i Affordable Housing <br />!Associations <br />Books, Tapes & Software <br />Buying Income Property <br />Calculators & Financial Tools <br />Calendar <br />Collecting Rent <br />Developing Income Property <br />Environmental Issues <br />Eviction Information <br />Fair Housing Exemptions <br />FAQs From Landlords <br />FAQs About Maintenance <br />FAQs From Tenants <br />Federal Housing Acts <br />Financial Analysis <br />Financing Property <br />Foreclosures <br />Forms & Agreement <br />blousing Programs <br />Insurance <br />Interaction <br />Investing in Rental Housing <br />Join Member Services <br />Lead Paint Issues <br />Landlord Tenant Law Links, <br />I Landlord's Home Address <br />Legislation & Court <br />Lighten Up Landlords '.. <br />Maintenance Links & Info <br />Maintenance Supplies <br />,i Make a Million with No $ <br />Down <br />Money <br />Mortgages <br />New Stuff <br />News & Commentary <br />No Money Down <br />Pets in Rental Housing <br />Political Action <br />I Property Management <br />Real Estate on the Web <br />Rent Rates <br />Rental Housing News <br />I Security Deposits <br />Slum Lords <br />I State & Nation Pages <br />• <br />Public Forurns <br />ma. <br />swo <br />Anout Us <br />Rental Listings Property Listings Forms & Agreeme <br />You can't fight city hall or their inspectors in court and win, <br />but you can fire the people you elected, who passed the law <br />and hired them. You can't ever beat them unless you are <br />willing to fight back. <br />When you get had laws. replace the lawmakers -- then the laws <br />Read how theydd it in Port Huron,,M_ <br />Mandatory rental inspections are a clear violation of: <br />® a tenants rights to privacy <br />. the right to be free from search without probable <br />cause to believe that a crime has been committed. <br />o a landlord's private property rights <br />o several others <br />However, some legislatures and courts believe that it is <br />governments responsibility to keep people safe, even from <br />themselves. They have concluded that 'safety" is more <br />important than inalienable rights or personal freedom. <br />There are many examples of recent government <br />mandates, ranging from motorcycle helmets and seat belts <br />to rental property inspections. <br />The reasons for rental inspections argued by <br />government officials include: <br />e To make sure the rental property is "decent and <br />safe ". <br />o To determine how many persons may be occupying <br />a rental unit. (Primarily in college towns). <br />e To look for signs of illegal activity. (Although officials <br />won't admit it publicly.) <br />• To raise money for the municipality <br />The inevitable results of mandatory rental property <br />(only) inspections include: <br />1 Ye, <br />Instal <br />http: / /rentalinspections.eom/ 5/22/2005 <br />