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City attorney briefs council on Durham tenant ordinance and Raleigh’s existing tenant protections
Summary
The city attorney summarized Durham’s recently adopted tenant protection ordinance and explained that Raleigh’s minimum housing code already regulates roughly 800 housing conditions. Staff will review the city code for any potential updates and begin a tenant outreach and education campaign.
The city attorney briefed council on Durham’s tenant protection ordinance, which prohibits rent collection for units deemed imminently dangerous and contains misdemeanor penalties for noncompliance, and compared it to Raleigh’s existing regulatory framework.
City legal staff said Durham’s ordinance focuses on conditions such as unsafe wiring, structural instability, lack of potable water and no…
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