Duluth area tenants at 1/14/10 Renters' Summit
Michael K Anderson, photographer
HOME Line has been working to build support for the Minnesota Tenant Bill of Rights.
Last week, for example, we partnered with a number of Duluth organizations to sponsor a Renters’ Summit. The outpouring of support was amazing! Over 60 tenants from 5 area communities (including a rambunctious group from a senior housing complex in Hermantown) provided input on how the Bill of Rights could help them. Attendees also included City Councilman Kerry Gauthier, County Commissioner Steve O’Neil, and reporters from two local papers. For more information, check out this recent article from the UMD Statesman reporting on tenant organizing in Duluth and the Minnesota Tenant Bill of Rights
In another development, HOME Line just completed its research on what local governments for cities with a population over 5000 do with respect to heat of residential buildings:
- 43 cities have ordinances called heating codes, which means that there is a city ordinance requiring the landlord to maintain a certain temperature.
- 61 cities have ordinances called building codes, which means there is a city ordinance requiring the landlord to have working facilities capable of maintaining a certain temperature but does not require the landlord to actually maintain that temperature.
- 23 cities have no ordinance whatsoever with respect to heat.
For more information on what your community requires, go to the Local Policy: Heat page.
