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Tenants, organizers urge quick rollout of Richmond rental-inspection ordinance, ask council to avoid 'blight' language
Summary
Members of Virginia Organizing and neighborhood residents urged Richmond council to move the city'9s rental inspection ordinance forward without delay, asked for monthly updates and recommended avoiding the term "blight" in the final text.
Members of Virginia Organizing and tenants from Richmond'9s Third and Ninth districts urged the Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee on April 15 to move the city'9s rental-inspection ordinance forward quickly, to include firm district-creation deadlines and to avoid the use of the word "blight."
Rachel Heffner read a statement on behalf of Marquetta Fisher, a Richmond resident and Virginia Organizing chapter member in the Third District, saying the group supports a strong rental inspection program but warning that a proposed clause prohibiting…
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