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Tenant groups urge council to publish rental-inspection ordinance after promised mid-May delivery missed

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Representatives of Richmond Tenants Union, Virginia Organizing, New Virginia Majority and Richmond DSA pressed the committee during public comment for the rental-inspection ordinance the administration had promised would be before council by mid-May; speakers said the ordinance still had not been entered into the council record by mid-June.

During the public-comment period, speakers representing tenant-advocacy organizations told the Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee that a rental-inspection ordinance the administration had said would be presented to council by mid-May had not been entered into the record by mid-June.

“Hi. My name is Thomas King. The 4 of us represent various different housing organizations that…

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