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Fresno Moves To End Slum Housing Conditions

The Fresno City Council has voted to enact a rental housing inspection program aimed at cracking down on slum housing in the city. The 4-3 vote came after more than two hours of public comment. Most people spoke in favor of the program, including the influential Apartment Association of Greater Fresno which represents owners and managers, as well as tenants’ rights advocates like Matthew Gundry. He told the council stories about homes and apartments with untreated pest infestations, black mold, and more that goes ignored by landlords. “So I urge you. I compel you to consider yourselves, I am the father of five children, consider yourselves, your own children, and would it be acceptable to live in these conditions,” Gundry says. For the first time, the city will begin the process of setting a baseline inspection regime to get a sense of how much unsafe or substandard housing exists among the roughly 85,000 rental apartments and homes. All rental units will be required to register with
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