On Tuesday, October 4, Springfield City Council heard a request from a handful of representatives of Springfield neighborhoods. The request was for the council to consider adopting a registration and inspection program for single family rental residences in the city.
HBA of Greater Springfield CEO Matt Morrow, who co-chaired the city’s strategic planning committee on housing, urged council members to exercise caution and take a measured approach. Morrow shared data that the number of code violation complaints received annually by city officials amounts to barely 1% of the total number of single family rental units in the city, and suggested that kneejerk “one-size-fits-all” reactive policy making will not provide the best solutions.
Here, KY3‘s Linda Russell reports on the meeting on the Tuesday evening newscast. Morrow is among those interviewed for the story: