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Landlords, tenants and residents urge changes to Kennett’s property-maintenance inspections
Summary
Public commenters at a Kennett City Council meeting pressed for changes to Ordinance 3099 and how rental inspections are enforced, calling for a moratorium, a landlord–tenant dialogue and more-targeted inspection standards to protect affordable housing.
Public comments at a Kennett City Council meeting focused on concerns about the city’s recently adopted property-maintenance rules, Ordinance 3099, and how inspectors are applying the new standards to older rental housing.
Speakers said enforcement has produced long inspection checklists and repairs that are difficult for small landlords to afford, prompting fears that rental units will be taken off the market and local businesses will lose customers. “These old houses in Kennett are not government housing. Landlords can’t afford to make all these old houses look new,” said Mary Jenkins, a Kennett resident and landlord, at the council podium.
A representative of the Kenneth Vandenor Association asked the council to suspend enforcement while the city and…
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