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Well Bob, I have read your blog at length and I am wondering why no one ever talks about how the city not only prevents landlords from repairing their property, but they will actually arrest them if they try and repair the property.
Yup you heard me right!
If you are a landlord in the City of Paul, you cannot repair or replace your own electric, plumbing or furnace.
Those repairs are "reserved" for the city's "Union Buddies,"....maybe better known to you as "Campaign Contributors".......perhaps of the "Building Trades Union" flavor of contributions if you know what I mean.
Maybe this is why the city is so hell bent on making people do these expensive "Code Compliance" things you talk about.
A landlord can do other repairs, but the city's LIEP department will refuse to issue a "Permit" for electric, plumbing or furnace work to a landlord. A person who owns and lives in the home can get a permit top do these repairs, but NOT the landlord.
Don't believe me, call LIEP and tell them you want to get a permit and see hat they tell you. I would do it form a pay phone though because they have caller ID and the first thing they will try to find out is where the property is so they can send an inspector out and try to catch you doing the repairs without a "Permit."
If you want to do something as minor as change a faucet or repair a leaking toilet seal, in the City of Paul, you have to get a permit to do it.
You being a "Handyman." I am sure you can see the "Punitive Expense" directed at the landlord when he wants to change the seal on the toilet which costs $ 1.29, but instead has to call a license plumber to come out and do it for $150.00. The added cost also does not take into account the fact that the landlord in most cases could do it right away, while waiting for a "Union Plumber" may take some time.
If you want to install a GFI outlet so your tenant is safe from electrical shocks, the cost to install that $3.99 part will be around $ 100.00 give or take a few bucks.
So now you may see what some of the incentive could be for these "Code Compliances" they city likes so much. It has more to do with the "Money" than repairing the house or looking out for anyone's safety.
Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that just anyone and everyone should be out working on electric and plumbing, but if a landlord is willing to get the permit and can do the work to code he should be allowed to do it. After all that is what the permit is for is to have an inspector come out and look at the work to make sure it is done according to code.
Not only is this a huge disincentive for the landlord to do the work without a permit, in some instances it can also increase the safety risk of the residents that the city insists they are out to protect!
It seems ironic that on one hand the city is tearing down houses and condemning them as fast as they can, and on the other hand they not only refuse to let the landlord repair the property, but threaten criminal charges if he does.
Perhaps people like Amanda would like to know exactly why it is that some landlords do not make repairs. I think she may be surprised to know that the city says he CANNOT repair that property....unless maybe he is rich and doesn't care about money.
What do you suppose rents would have to increase to if all the landlords were dumping an extra $500.00 to $1,000.00 a month into their property to hire "Union Workers" to do the same job the owner can do?
At least Chuck Repke had the option to paint his house himself. He must be one of the rich ones cause he hired it out.
Maybe he just didn't know how to paint, and that's OK. I don't know how to fly a plane or run a non profit either, but what if you don't know how to do the work and you don't have enough money to hire the "Union?" Worse yet, what if you can do the work, but don't have the money for the "Union?"
The way I see it, the city has a choice of letting people repair their houses or not allowing those repairs and enduring the slums as the unintended consequences.
Did our city leaders chose "Slums" over "Repairs" cause they want the campaign contributions from "Union Labor?"
Are "Big Slums" being legislated through law by the City Council and their persistent attacks on the rental business?
Are people like Amanda being forced to live in "Raw Sewage" because the "Lantry Gang" is more concerned with the city making money on permits than it is about the safety of tenants?
These are some disturbing facts Bob and I am hoping you can report in them.
Anonymous in "Slumtown"
It would seem to me that "Slumlord Central" is the city of St Paul in its entirety!
This is a tool to help the city push the private property investor out of business. Same thing with the hotdog venders.
How about all those "repairs", new roof, plumbing, wiring, Dave Thune did on his property on W. 7th? We all saw the pictures, but I do not see a building permit for those activities at that address? So Dave Thune and Mini Dave (Chuck Repke) what do you have to say about that? I looked at the city website and it clearly states that Dave did not get a permit for the new roof.
He got a permit for general repairs you moron.
And then the city wonders why their housing is falling apart and people abandoning buildings. Now we know another one of many the reasons why. We need new leadership.
Rental properties had had to get permits this way for a long time, as I understand. I don't see what difference who does the work as long as it's good work.
With the scrutiny of inspections, it is time to put all things on the table fore re-evaluation.
Say 2:20 P. M., so you call me a moron.
Dave exceeded his permits. He was given a pass by the city because he is a city council member. How do I know, I work for the city, so I have some inside information. Dave replaced his whole roof, did wiring and plumbing. These all require a "professional" to do the work. With my rental properties if I replace the wiring I have to call an electrician or a plumbing issue and have to pull a permit; I have to get a licensed plumber. Not my choice, but it is the law.
Dave Thune got a pass in many ways. Bob has reported on this and more will be coming out.
How about the junker car he had parked in his yard without updated plates. You all have seem Sharon Anderson on this blog get her car towed and sold because she failed to put tabs on the car. How about Dave Thune taking over 25+ years to complete his renovation of his home. Don’t permits expire? Sure they do. Normal people have to go down and renew a permit when it expires. Yes, I have had to do this also. Life gets crazy and things get put off. I am not lucky enough to be a city council member who sits in judgement of you and I. Dave has had an open permit for the last 25+ years.
Tired of Dave Thune and Mini Dave, Chuck Repke.
So if you have so much inside information and know so much, where the hell have you been when all this Racketeering shit has been being aired? Why haven't you let out the information you have until now? I know why.....cause you're just like the all white people who all looked the other way down south while they were lynching the blacks. People like you don't give a shit about anything unless it has an effect on you someohow. So lets cut to the chase and tell us what is really bothering you that are now willing to speak out about Thune and "mini Thune."
I think you're all full of crap. Why would a city have a law that would intentionaly make it more difficult to repair these types of properties at the same time they are complaining that the landlords won't repair them? I think you had better chack your facts a little bit better.
2:27 your comment is to ignorant to even comment on, yes it is a fact that a person cannot do repair work on a property they own if it is used as a rental property.
St. Paul is the most uptight place around, and its just not fun any more.
They make endless requirements so their paper pushers can make multiple page reports.
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