Renters As Second Class Citizens, Ctd

by Patrick Appel

Steve Clowney defends rental inspections. So does a reader:

I work for a local government in Maryland. We also have regularinspections of rental properties -- mostly when the landlord isapplying to renew his/her license, but at other times as well. Theseinspections are never used to investigate illegal activities on thepart of the renters, as your scary post seems to imply. Rather, theinspections are almost always for the sake of the renters -- that is,to ensure landlords are...