Our City Council is considering ways to clean up local rentals in which conditions are, in a word, despicable.
As we report on page 15, council members are looking at crafting a “livability” ordinance modeled after one recently passed in Corvallis that would likely empower city officials to, in response to complaints and with a warrant, to inspect and force improvements to substandard housing. Depending on the landlord’s response, it could even shut down rental…