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Tenants and organizing groups urge quick implementation of Richmond rental inspection program
Summary
Speakers representing tenant organizations urged the Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee to avoid delaying the rental inspection ordinance, asked for monthly status updates from the administration, and sought safeguards against displacement and certain terminology in the ordinance.
Members of tenant advocacy groups urged the Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee to expedite the city’s rental inspection program and to provide regular updates on ordinance development.
At a public comment period, Rachel Hefner read a statement on behalf of Marquetta Fisher, a Third District resident and member of Virginia Organizing. Fisher thanked the council for support in creating a rental inspection program but warned against adding provisions that the speaker said…
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