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Board opens work session on ‘whole home repair’ after residents urge a county-sponsored working group
Summary
Residents and Virginia Organizing urged the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors to form a working group to explore whole‑home repair programs; staff explained the county’s complaint‑based property‑maintenance enforcement and legal limits on direct payments to landlords.
Residents and representatives of Virginia Organizing asked the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 24 to form a working group to explore whole‑home repair and rehabilitation programs after nearby counties received state funds for housing rehab.
The board moved the item into a work session and heard from staff about how the county currently handles housing complaints and inspection. County staff described the existing process: tenants file a complaint and sign an application granting inspection access; building inspectors document code violations and issue a letter to the property owner with a required response time; owners may appeal within 14 days, and enforcement can proceed up to court if…
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