TruthBKnown Returns said, "Besides, if I was renting a room out of my house, I wouldn't report jack squat! Nor would I register with the city."

That's tax fraud and failing to register will be another, separate crime. So, you're breaking the law and subject to jail and fines...like speeding or illegally immigrating. You're right, though, about the the city and income taxes, though. :-)

This really burns me...I'm a landlord, and I treat my tenants like gold!!! Which is what they are. If you have a tenant who pays their rent on time and treats your house decently, as a landlord you are obligated to fix things on time, and be fair about the rent. But I don't need the government to tell me how to run my rental business, and collect more revenue off of my efforts.

Soooooooo.....Meeker is just taking advantage of what he can to generate some revenue. The people on the "city" side of the line will be hit with this fee while the neighbors across the street on the "other" side of the city line will be renting without the Meeker renter protective services?

If I were you landlords in town - I'd raise all holy sands about this obvious, contrived fake fee.

The only reason they are collecting $30 is to pay a guy in a little truck $12/hr. to ride from house to house and write up what fines they are levying against the landlords because a broken window isn't fixed, there aren't proper garbage cans, etc. If you think the landlords are only going to be paying the $30.00 registration per year, think again. Fines are soon to follow.

This is longgg overdue.

I worked for a property manager long ago who had some prospective tenants apply for an apartment.

They were very young college girls who had been renting an apartment near the college, and the only running water the place had was a garden hose run through a screen in the bathroom.

No one should be permitted to rent slum like that to anyone. PERIOD!!!

God bless.

RB

Problem is the fee is $30 per year, per unit. That's about 23000 units using the $700,000 figure. $30 over 12 months would only be $2.5 in additional rent. But what will likely happen is land lords will raise it more than that and blame the city. All I see here is a bunch of finger pointing.