Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Fort Worth OKs rules to fight crime in apartment complexes | Star-Telegram

With apartment owners opposed to amending the city's multifamily-housing ordinance and neighborhood groups fed up with crime, the Fort Worth City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved new rules intended to help give authorities another way to clean up the worst apartment complexes.

The crime-free multifamily housing ordinance requires leases to include a prohibition against tenant criminal conduct, making it far easier to evict tenants who commit crimes or permit them. City officials said they have found it difficult to remove tenants who bring drugs or other crime-related activity into run-down complexes.

Read more...Fort Worth OKs rules to fight crime in apartment complexes | Crime and Safety | Star-Telegram

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