04-28-2015, 03:44 AM
owners to do their own plumbing and electrical and it's inspected
Yes: if it's being inspected anyway, why also require the work to be performed by a licensed contractor?
as a bystander and someone without a pony in the HA race
Complaints should be weighted by proximity: next door neighbor should be taken far more seriously than someone miles away.
Lobbying by special interest groups has made this process prohibitively expensive
I believe this is exactly the point. Two obvious outcomes, each with a different "drain on the economy".
1. Everyone brings their project up to the current codes, creating an inventory of valuable real estate (which can be pledged against bond debt).
2. The non-compliant live in their illegal shacks anyway, but they can be summarily evicted (and, possibly, their property taken) whenever it's convenient.
Yes: if it's being inspected anyway, why also require the work to be performed by a licensed contractor?
as a bystander and someone without a pony in the HA race
Complaints should be weighted by proximity: next door neighbor should be taken far more seriously than someone miles away.
Lobbying by special interest groups has made this process prohibitively expensive
I believe this is exactly the point. Two obvious outcomes, each with a different "drain on the economy".
1. Everyone brings their project up to the current codes, creating an inventory of valuable real estate (which can be pledged against bond debt).
2. The non-compliant live in their illegal shacks anyway, but they can be summarily evicted (and, possibly, their property taken) whenever it's convenient.