If you are a Richardson Texas Tenant and a citizen of the United States, you have the right to deny anyone access to your home. This includes the city inspection included in this Residential Rental Registration program that Richardson has implemented. If the landlord says they want the city to come in to do the inspection, you have to let the landlord in because the lease says you have to let the landlord in.
We are right in the middle of fighting the ordinance in Richardson because the city of Richardson believes they can use this portion of the lease to get into your home. They can not. The lease is a private contract between you and the landlord. No where does it say the landlord has to let the city in. That residential property is the landlord’s private property. You have a private contract with the landlord to lease the property as your home.
This is like the city telling the lender of an ordinary homeowner that they have to get in to a property to inspect it. No where does the property owner loose his property right when he rents our a residential property.
We are supporting Amir Omar for Mayor of Richardson. He is against the way the city has implemented ordinance 3847.
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