Housing Inspection Program

[Uncle Bob]

City of Miami, Oklahoma;

"No property owner shall sell, lease, rent, provide, or suffer the possession and occupancy of a residential dwelling unit absent compliance with this Section. Violation of this provision shall be punishable as a misdemeanor in the municipal court. Each day a violation occurs shall be punishable as a separate act.

All residential dwelling units are subject to the provision(s) of this Section upon the occurrence of any one or more of the following conditions:

1. Each time the primary occupant(s) change(s);

2. When the dwelling has been unoccupied in excess of 180 days;

3. When a utility account has closed or been transferred to another person(s);

4. When application is made for a Certificate of Occupancy after a structure has been condemned, determined to be "substantially damaged" under flood-related ordinance(s), or determined to be "dilapidated"."

Now, that's what I call job security for inspectors,

Uncle Bob

 

[Coug Dad]

So I can't "provide" mom with a room when she comes to visit????

 

[Uncle Bob]

Sorry, Coug Dad,

I added the requirements a bit late.

Uncle Bob

 

[Coug Dad]

The tongue was firmly in cheek UB. However, that still seems like a lot of inspections.

 

[mark handler]

Now, that's what I call Government intrusion in others rights. Big Brother.

 

[jim baird]

"...1. Each time the primary occupant(s) change(s)..."

I see lots of problems with that stipulation. I wonder what a primary occupant is, how many there might be, and whether any occupant must qualify and/or register as such?

Could be, "ain't nobody here but us chikins", verdad?

 

[SCBO1]

#2, There goes my unoccupied lake house!

 

[peach]

Wouldn't you hate to be a landlord in tropical Miami, OK?

 

[cboboggs]

I the city has an housing inspection program, then they probably issue a certificate of occupancy. If that is the case, Jim, the primary occupants are the applicant and spouse. I have worked in jurisdictions in the past that had housing inspection programs. We used change in ownership and change of occupant as triggers for the inspections. We received a report from the power company when an account changed names.

 

[peach]

When it's a change in ownership in a SFD, I believe this type of housing inspection to be fundamentally intrusive; most smart home buyers are going to pay an independent home inspector to cull out problems.

When it's a tenant change in a rental property, maybe. Here, the slumlords are identified by the jurisdiction and proactive housing inspections are scheduled.. annually, I believe.