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Council Member Joseph questions AEP program effectiveness and enforcement

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Council Member Rita C. Joseph expresses strong concerns about the effectiveness of the Alternative Enforcement Program (AEP) and the lack of compliance from some landlords. She shares personal experiences of visiting problematic buildings in her district.

Joseph suggests that the AEP program needs more enforcement power
She cites specific examples of buildings where repairs haven't been made despite being in the program
The council member requests meetings between AEP coordinators and tenants to improve communication and expectations

Rita C. Joseph

1:58:15

How many buildings do you have in the AEP program?

1:58:20

And I think the AEP program needs some more teeth because there's there are some landlords who know how to know the blue poles and they don't they don't really follow you.

1:58:31

They don't really care because there's one particular building in my district, a couple of them, and I go to my buildings.

1:58:36

My constituents will tell you I will show up in a space to go and visit.

1:58:40

And I went to one particular building.

1:58:42

I don't see anything happen.

1:58:43

That tenant still has a hole in her apartment from the First Floor, and that building was in the news, and that building is part of the program.

1:58:51

So, if it's if we're gonna create these programs to make sure landlords are being held accountable, doing their repairs when they're supposed to, we need some teeth because because they're not listening to you, they're not following your instructions.

1:59:03

Is there any way to meet with your AEP coordinators with tenants as well?

1:59:08

Let them know that they're in the building, what they're doing, what's the expectation?

Ahmed Tigani

1:58:18

I think the number

1:59:11

Yes.

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