Question : Crowded Housing Inspections? Had you heard of this approach?
“Checks to look for overcrowded houses-
Saturday, 09/09/06

Midstate briefs: Checks to look for overcrowded houses

SPRINGFIELD

Housing inspections will be one step to address what some leaders call Springfield’s “growing problem of illegal immigration.”

City Manager Paul Nutting said, “We have compiled a list of residences where we believe overcrowding is taking place, and we will begin inspections within the next week.” Nutting told the Board of Alderman during a special meeting Thursday on immigration issues that residential overcrowding is the city’s biggest concern.

“The overcrowding is a safety and health issue,” he said. “One unit we observed appeared to be hot bedding. One shift would come out in the morning, and another would go in.”

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060909/NEWS01/609090333

The states are getting creative with traditional state law approaches to the issue. What do you think?
lalo m – I assume they will have proper warrants, or whatever they need. The article didn’t go into that.
residential inspection

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Answer by lalo m
Sounds like a major breech of privacy. I am frightened if this is in fact true. These people have no right to bust into peoples’ homes looking for crowded living conditions. I hope someone fights this in superior court!