Complaint-based housing enforcement shifts to proactive area-wide inspections

Evidence

Until now, the housing ordinance and regulations have been enforced on a ccmplaint* basis - t., inspections were made when some one complained of a violation. The new program envisages “area” enforcement, whereby inspectors will be assigned to inspect all houses in a given area, regardless of complaints, and an effort will be made to eliminateall violations. — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 154

Categorization

• XREF: Complaint-reactive vs. proactive enforcement maps onto the citizen-complaint-triggered prosecutor inquiry from chapter 0 of this same volume - passive readiness versus active duty. — connects to: Passive prosecutorial readiness to respond does not satisfy enforcement duty — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 47; Federal aid conditioned local housing codes on workable anti-slum programs — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 227; Complaint-only enforcement practices were replaced by proactive block enforcement in Baltimore — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 250 (+1 more)
• DEFINE: Distinguishes complaint-based from area-based enforcement as core administrative enforcement models.

Broader Connections

• Housing quality incentives depend on neighborhood character, demanding area-based planning #expands (0.82) — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process, 408