Rochester Mayor Evans Outlines Housing Quality Recommendations

Last year, Rochester Mayor Malik Evans created a task force investigating Rochester’s housing crisis. The mayor said 16 recommendations were made by his Housing Quality Task Force, one of which is code enforcement. More than 60 percent of Rochester residents rent, and an independent analysis last year found that half of that housing is substandard.  Mayor Evans says he included hiring and training more code enforcement officers, hiring a housing attorney and increasing fines, as well as creating a property management portal so managers and landlords can better oversee properties and address code violations.

Source: WHEC-TV