The law was created to target residential buildings illegally converted into makeshift hotels, but still applies to those who rent out their room for a night or two on popular sites like Airbnb.com.

via Metro – Tenants run risks in renting rooms.

North Miami Beach Mayor Myron Rosner says he has had enough of negative activists pointing out their perceived grievances against him and the city.

via MiamiHerald.com.

Meeting organizer Mark Nedoroski and other landlords said St. Paul’s buildings standards are as tough as any city’s, if not the toughest around, and they should be applauded for doing their best to comply. Sometimes, they said, they felt like property owners are treated by city inspectors like the enemy.

via TwinCities.com.

A federal jury convicted a veteran Chicago building inspector on Thursday of taking thousands of dollars in bribes to overlook code violations.

via chicagotribune.com.

Resident Steven Banasick told Scottdale council members this week that he intends to file a declaratory judgment suit with the state Attorney General’s office against the borough.

Frustrated with what he claimed was selective prosecution in regards to inspection violations issued by the borough’s code enforcement officer, Banasick said the suit is to ask the Attorney General’s office to intercede with civil rights violations and common law violations in the borough’s adopted ordinances.

via Tribune-Review.

A legal battle between the City of Saint Paul and a handful of landlords could force the city to pay millions.

It all centers around code enforcement.

The city says it was trying to make sure housing is safe and sanitary. Landlords who are part of the suit say the city went too far, hurting their rental business, hurting people who need affordable housing.

Twelve St. Paul landlords claim the city’s aggressive code enforcement forced them to make expensive unnecessary repairs. They say the enforcement also forced them to cut back or sell out and that hurt affordable housing in St. Paul.

via KSTP TV – Minneapolis and St. Paul.

WILKES-BARRE – It appears that a lawsuit a hotel owner filed against the city of Wilkes-Barre and its code enforcement officer can head to trial.

The owner of the now-vacant Red Carpet Inn, located at 400 Kidder St., filed suit in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in July 2008 claiming that the city and Code Enforcement Officer Frank Kratz violated his civil rights by effectively forcing the hotel out of business.

via The Times Leader.

“I’ve talked to about 30 [landlords],” Sambrano said. “As soon as I tell them I’m a felon, they say, ‘Can’t do it.’ ”

via The Salt Lake Tribune.

In a careful opinion, U.S. District Court Judge Jane J. Boyle determined that Ordinance 2952 was preempted by federal law. The Court resoundingly rejected the City's claim that it had the authority to regulate the residence of noncitizens within its borders. Noting that the City Building Inspector would be charged with interpreting and applying immigration information to prospective tenants, the court concluded that Ordinance 2952 “is an invalid regulation of immigration” and that the “Ordinance stands as an obstacle to the uniform application of federal immigration law[.]”

via MALDEF

City of Milwaukee officials warned Tuesday that landlords need to dig in and clean up their rental units that were damaged in Thursday’s flood.

The Department of Neighborhood Services received more than 100 calls Tuesday. Perhaps three-quarters of them were from tenants, complaining from obvious flood damage such as a sewage smell in their basements, plaster falling from their walls or curling on their wall panels.

via - JSOnline.