A rental registration program will improve the quality of life in the city’s neighborhoods by requiring landlords to keep their property in good shape, Mayor Jay Williams said today.
But one property owner is concerned about the program.
The city will mail letters beginning Monday to the owners of about 6,000 rental properties requiring them to pay $20 per unit for an annual rental-property license.
If a property is a multifamily dwelling, landlords would pay $20 for the first unit and $15 for additional units in the structure.
Landlords have till June 30 to register with the city.
“It looks like another tax,” said Michael Anderson of Gander Properties that owns two apartment buildings with 150 total units on Gypsy Lane. “You’re decreasing the incentive for someone to move into the city.”
The mayor acknowledged the program isn’t perfect and that adjustments will probably be made in the future.
While there are many good landlords in the city, Williams said, “There are dozens and dozens of irresponsible landlords who don’t make repair” or “make sure tenants have a nice place to live.”
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USA1 - Your idiocy knows no bounds. Courage and determination don't get people confined to a wheelchair up stairs.
Disable people still don't expect us to feel sorry for them, USA1. They simply have other needs. Like you need a lobotomy. See? It's that simple.
I fully understand your position. It's simply dull. Accommodations made to allow people to more fully function despite their disability doesn't have a damn thing to do with whining.
This tax should be put on all dwellings in the city . Why should any dwelling be exempt ? Next a tax should be put on every person living in the city . Living in Youngstown isn't a right it is a privledge . Oh my and I can count the ways to gain more funds for the city coffers . . ..
@ andersonathan
Your answer is to mark up the monthly cost of the fee ($1.67) by nearly 3000% and declare that the government is the bad guy?
Self righteousness AND profiteering...it's great!
Westlake Terrace Appartments were rebuilt with tax monies and then tore down after the tennants destroyed them in a few years . This was mostly free housing that left them plenty of money to buy drugs . When they have to pay rent Mr. Landlord is stealing their drug money . Yep those poor tennants are being victimized !