Administrative/Regulatory
Dec. 16, 2005
City Attorney Gives Slumlords Free Pass in L.A.
Forum Column - By Tai Glenn - Unsafe and unhealthy housing conditions affect us all. Children - unable to sleep at night because rats wake them up and cockroaches crawl in their ears - cannot perform well in school. Firefighters risk their lives saving tenants from dilapidated buildings. Scarce city funds are used relocating tenants who are forced out by collapsing roofs and raw sewage spills. Rundown, half-empty properties attract crime, gangs and drugs - destroying neighborhoods.
By Tai Glenn
Unsafe and unhealthy housing conditions affect us all. Children - unable to sleep at night because rats wake them up and cockroaches crawl in their ears - cannot perform well in school. Firefighters risk their lives saving tenants from dilapidat...
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