Apparently, the place was owned by an elderly Vietnamese man. His daughter would show up once a month to collect the rent and residents were instructed to tell her they only worked, not lived there. At one point electricity was illegally pilfered via extension cords from an adjacent structure.
“Apparently, the place was owned by an elderly Vietnamese man. His daughter would show up once a month to collect the rent and residents were instructed to tell her they only worked, not lived there. At one point electricity was illegally pilfered via extension cords from an adjacent structure. “
Under the law, he’s the one who’s really on the hook here. But where has the city ( and the Fire Department for sure) been? I own a commercial building in the SF Bay Area and I can tell you that I routinely get inspections from the Fire Department in the city where the property is located, and so do each of my tenants individually.