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37 Complaint Records & Orders to Correct & Housing Inspections • noARD OF HEALTH T. JOYCE,Chairman :R C. KENNY, M.D. 4LEEN O'CONNELL, RN. tR J. McERLAIN, Health Agent CITY OF NORTHAMPTON MP.SSACHUSETTS OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF HEALTH 310 MAIN STREET 01000 Tel. (4l3;X5hYX 586-6950 Ext. 214 R TO CORRECT VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER II OF THE STATE SANITARY CODE "IMINIMUM STANDARDS OF E55 FOR HUNAN HABITATION" AT 37 Holyoke Street-Apartment A_ -_- R ADDRESSED TO: Mogens V. Hermann DATE January 30, 1980 50 Hawley Street Northampton, Mass. 01060 ES OF INSPECTION REPORTS ISSUED T0: Pam & Jane Trudeau 37 Holyoke Street-Apartment A. Northampton, Mass. 01060 s is an important legal document. It may affect your rights. You may obtain a translation this form at: o e um document° legal muito importante que podera afectar os seus direitos. Podem adquiri tradutao deste document° de: suivante est un important document legal. I1 pourrait affecter vos droits. Vous pouvez enir une traduction de cette forme a: sto b un documento legale importante. Potrebbe avere effetto sui suoi diritti. Lei pub enere una traduzione di questo modulo a: e es un documento legal importante. Puede que afecte sus derechos. lid. Puede adquirir traduction de esta forma en: jest wane legalny dokument. To move miec wplyw na twoje uprawnienia. Mozesz uzyskac imaczenie tego dokumentu w ofisie: Board of Health 210 Main Street Northampton, Mass. Tel. No. (413) 586-6950 Ext. 214 The Northampton Board of Health has inspected the premises at Northampton (assessor's map p_C �_H olvoke St�T+ts A — parcel 215 . ), for compliance with Chapter II of The State Sanitary Code. This letter will certify that the inspections revealed violations, listed below, which are serious enough as to endanger or materially impair the health, safety, and well-being of the occupants. Under authority of Chapter 111, Section 127 of the Mass. General Laws, and Chapter II of The State Sanitary Code, you are hereby ordered to make a good faith effort to correct the following violations within twenty-four (24) hours from the date of receipt of this order. REMEDY REGULATION VIOLATION 410,150 A(2) Sink in bathroom loose. Secure to wally 410,150 A(1) Toilet mechanism missing or broken Repair mechanism.v in bathroom. 410.251 A & D 1r Light near sink unsafe and light Repair or replace. in ceiling not working in kitchen. The Northampton Board of Health has inspected the premises at 37 Holyoke Street-Apt_.. A,_ _, parcel _ 215 _• ) , for compliance with Chapter II of The State Sanitary Code . This letter will certify that the inspections revealed violations, listed below, which are serious enough as to endanger or materially impair the health, safety, and well-being of the occupants. Under authority of Chapter 111, Section 127 of the Mass. General Laws, and Chapter II of The State Sanitary Code, you are hereby ordered to begin the necessary repairs or contract with a third party within five (5) days of the re- ceipt of this order and to make a good faith effort to substantially complete correction, within fourteen (14) days of the receipt of this order, the follow- ing violations: REGULATION Northampton (assessor's map .31C VIOLATION 410.500 Windows throughout apartment missing caulking, locks missing or inoperable, sash cords missing, cold air entering, glass cracked. 410.500 ,i /' Ceiling in bathroom delaminating, 'n 410.500 ``waulking missing around tub and wall paper _! » falling around tub in bathroom. 410.500 J16rdware missing off door to front bedroom, 410.500 v . Front bedroom floor lifting at seam and edge. 410.500 F( .ardware on front storm door not catching stricker plate. 410,500 _Rear exterior door has illegal slide bolt. 410.500 4ir coming in all exterior doors of building and apartment. 410.601 Trash build up around bac p 410.500 NM pqu, 410.500 //;[ Windows broken in attic. Q tJ iatt Mi 6190 REMEDY Caulk windows, repair locks & install locks. Install sash cords and weather- tighten. Replace. Caulk and repair bathroom paper. Install hardware. Anchore properly. Repair. Remove and replace with proper lock. Weather-tighten. LNemove. Repair. Replace. If I maybe of any assistance don't hesitate to call this office, CERTIFIED MAIL #234412 Very truly yours, A \ ✓ ( Richard A. Comely Code Enforcement Inspector BOARD OF HEALTH CITY HALL COMPLAINT RECORD ame of Inr y �,.#,uc !:c c+«f sc.., omplamaat .ddress Iature of Complaint S Tel. Location of Premises Droner o- �-f-- Address U Occupant Taken by Date of inspection INSPECTOR'S REPORT Referred to_.Il------- f7 Action Taken Inspector Al. SS If Occupants Rpt A flolyt; itf Apt. # of Structure f1Ax CHAPTER II STATE SANITARY CODE ix/0F tic uck „qv A B F Here/4447 Bathroom 410.150 water between 1200 & 140° at and seat basin er or tub icient cold water Occupant's Name 57 (- 51 Yo Pti.dk+4r # of Dwelling Units . # of Stories # Habitable Rooms S # Bedrooms Address of Owner j O N✓+ u lef. V Violations Regulation .190 .150 A(1) .150 A(2) .150 A(3) .350 A 3 0.tor,. QU,s 4-• LIN� ' .500 V r s ing .500 .500 .500 r,_ 22 ppvF ?ter- 1. 1i e,A aNl l ti TrrH0 Lt .252 A :ilation abing connection & drains .280 A or B .350 • t\t /l aK ea. -re s Kitchen 410.100 :hen sink sufficient size we and oven :e for refrigerator utlets (electrical) electrical light fixture is ling Regulation .100 A(1) .100 A(2) .100 A(3) .251 B .251 A .500 Violations ia&iotIA. l L1/4e,-t, ? .500 or tilation (window) (mechanical) d water (sufficient pressures) water .500 idows /TS reens (door & window) imbing connection & drains .251.6 .350 A .190 .500 Z ▪L coaris t NO toci- Ccual,c,r- .500 .551 & .552 .350 Living Room tlets (2 or one with light) ghting lls it ing oor Regulation .251 B .251 A .500 .500 Violations „500 ndows reens ■cks (windows) Pantry or Dining Room itlets (2 or one with light) ighting ails ailing l oor indow creens ocks .500 7, .551 V SaC t1 poedsi oe.wtk L. e .480 E Regulation .251 B .251 A .500 Violations .500 .500 .500 .551 .480 E C01 . j 1 I / 7 J J t i � ( 1' i ./ Cti ri. " 1 iA i J o . , , . / ee.in: Room ent natural is or 1 ith 1 outlet le ets ffeinf li•htin Re culation Violations .250 A .251 B .251 A .500 .500 .500 .500 .551 ere adequate for occupant? SGS6 Poi, /L, Ltd l.✓Y O d Slee cient natural li lets or 1 with outlet Room #2 i'1/d .250 A li .251 B ✓ .251 A ✓ ,ng tns .500 .500 .500 '°' .551 .500 Lp4.ce 1 Cehc here adequate e for occupant? Sleeping Room #3 icient natural 1i:hting itlets or f-- .250 A it with outlet .s in sr 3 ows ens .251 B .251 A r there adequate ce for occupant? Common Area & Exit (Interior erior area illuminated idows .eens ,rs Lli Lls tors a y� •tiLea a ;=non bathroom clean Common Area & Exit (Exterior flan itches iundat :airs ba_e & rubbish ?tva tters and down spouts Jo sad paint ntr li:hts L Ge• `P/Lk .253 B General ervices working and available eating facilities in good r? 680 and 64 rater 120° to 140° .i ties vented heater - proper Crary wiring :rical service adequate :Xs and rodents Ling sanitary Regulation 670 Violations .200 700 A6 R 19 902 100 R 2% 755 550 607 F 457 Miscellaneous I.- 3 -4-0 Date next scheduled reinspection is: Title 7 ✓7 Time a.m. a.m. p.m. Date Time Mogens V. Hermann, 50 Hawley Street, ITorthamnton, Mass. , 01060, February 4, 1990. PETITION TO THE BOARD OF HEALTH. In reference to my apartment A, on 37 Holyoke Street, Northamp- ton, which is occupied by Pam and Jan ?rudean, I have been served an order to make certain repairs and improvements. I hereby re- quest a hearing before the Board of Health. • rC E OMta r' FEB J NORTHAMPTON BOARD OF HEALTH February 20, 1980 Mogen V. Hermann 50 Hawley Street Northampton, Ma. 01060 Dear Mr. Hermanut In conjunction with the requirements of Chapter of the State Sanitary Code, the Northampton Board of Health will hold a hearing regarding housing code violations at 37 Holyoke Street, Northampton. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, February 26, 1980 at 7130 p.m. in the Hearing Room, 2nd floor of City Hall, 210 Main Street. Your presence at this hearing is requested. Thank you. Very truly yours, Peter J. MCErlain Health Agent February 20, 1980 Pam Trudeau Jane Trudeau 37 Holyoke Street Northampton, Mass. 01060 Ms. Pam & Ms. Jane, This is to inform you that there win be a hearing at 7130 P.M. on February 26, 1980, on the second floor, in the Hearing Room at the Northampton City Hall. This hearing will be concerning the housing code violations at 37 Holyoke Street, Northampton. You may attend this hearing if you wish. Very truly yours, Richard A. Comely Code Enforcement Inspector Mr. Mogen V. Hermann 50 Hawley Street Northampton, Ma. 01060 Dear Mr. Hermann: February 27, 1980 Re: 37 Holyoke Street, Apartment A At a hearing held in conjunction with Chapter II of the State Sanitary Code, the Northampton Board of Health granted you a sixty (60) day extension of time for correction of the remaining housing code violations at 37 Holyoke Street, apart- ment A. In completing these repairs priority should be given to the energy-related items including replacement of broken glass and recaulking the windows. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact this office. Sincerely yours, Peter J. McErlain Health Agent cc: Pam and Jane Trudeau 37 Holyoke Street, apartment A Northampton, Ma. 01060 r ./ 2 c CAL, �u tUJ._ �Q l _ s: - 79/1 774-oru b a ./ /) /y 'O 610—) gat / , / lcl 0 6CC� I take this to mean that you will apartment to me, on May the first. notice. April 7. 1980, both move out, and leave the On this basis , I accent your -10 u it r? �,�STr je 1 tj tom-.{,/��-_ Fame of lomplainant tddress — Jature of Complaint N` BOARD OF HEALTH CITY HALL COMPLAINT RECORD Date 2 /;pf Time�fHSAM Location of Premises Owner Address S Occupant Taken by n Date of inspection INSPECTOR'S REPORT Action Taken /A) �� Referred to -- O Inspector a Government policies create N. Y. By M.STANTON EVANS SHINGTON —In the midst of a har- ms national housing crunch, govern- policies in America's largest city are ng mass abandonment of tens of thou- s of apartment units. ch is the conclusion of urban authority r D. Satins in a remarkable survey of York City's ing situation, ished by the In- atlonal Center Economic Poli- 9tudies. Satins, irman of the De- unent of Urban airs at Hunter ;ege, provides clearest view to e of the housing htmare created qew York by three decades-Plus of gov- ment intervention. s is well known to most observers of the y, New York has a ghastly housing prob- r: wholesale abandonment of apartment tidings(upwards of 200,000 units since the es), outright destruction of many build- s, war-like devastation of whole neigh- Moods (BedfordStuyvesant, the South onx). All of this at a time when better ban housing is supposed to be a top priori- if official planning. be factors that have led to this disaster complex, but, as Satins shows: quite EVANS housing horrors logically connected.All are aspects m e pro- cess In which the regulatory authorities In federal,state,and local government set out to "solve" the urban housing crisis, only to discover that every intervention has caused another problem, requiring yet an- other intervention. For openers,New York City,since World War II, has had a system of rent controls, which have the effect of making it unecono- mic for many landlords to invest in mainte- nance or improvements, and gives tenants the idea that they have a vested right to live at bargain rates on someone else's property. Though the system In recent years has been relaxed somewhat,it remains a central fea- ture of New York City housing policy. Add to this the "shelter assistance" pro- gram, In which welfare tenants are given stipends for the supposed purpose of paying their rents. In combination with rent con- trol, this opens up formerly middle-class housing to welfare families,thus apparently meeting the goal of better housing. Unfor- tunately, it also provides recipients an in- centive not to pay even the controlled rent, since they can pocket the stipend and use it for other things, and since non-payment of rent is not considered grounds for cutting off assistance. This incentive_is reinforced by the New York "housing court" system, which In ef- fect condones nonpayment of rent in al- leged protest of building code violations (a defense routinely used by tenants' govern- ment-supplied lawyers). This further de- prives the landlord of revenue, leaving as his major recourse the threat of eviction (though this isn't easy, either). From the tenant's standpoint, however, eviction is a toothless tiger: It simply entitles him to move to still another apartment, at govern: ment expense, and start the whole process over again. As Satins describes it, this procedure has cut a devastating swath through the New York housing market.Not only does it make it uneconomic for landlords to maintain and improve properties, and thus force numer- ous abandonments, but It also causes vast migrations of working and middle-class fa- milies as welfare recipients move into their neighborhoods.Welfare recipients,for their part, have complete mobility in pursuing the fleeing former occupants,since govern- ment policy encourages,and finances,such pursuit. In response to all this,the New York hous- ing market has spawned a breed of margin- al real estate operators who h from the a way of making a profit system: Acquire a property discounted for rent control and other problems, accept welfare families and their government-paid rents (or as many o paid), and milk the property for whatever revenue it can yield until abandonment. Satins' study describing all this is called "The Ecology of Housing Des rucction. " It seems to be an appropriate gy" referred to, it should be noted, is a dynamic, moving system, hopscotching from one sector of the city to another.It is as vivid an example as one could wish of the manner in which well-intentioned gov- ernment programs can lead on to calamity. M. U. Housing crisis looms ,,_ o WASHINGTON (AP) — The 1980s will be America's "decade of the housing crisis," and shortages are likely to cause social protest beyond any brought on by energy problems.a real estate executive told Congress on Thursday. Unless far-reaching action is taken to encourage building and saving of apartments for low- and middle-in- come Americans, he said, "we're going to see social protest the like of which we've never seen except brief- ly In the inner cities." Mien Cymrot, president fob before Ro- bert A.McNeil Corp., a Senate Banking subcommittee look- ing into expected shortages of rental housing., Cymrot said the problem is not just in the relative lack of new housing being built,but in the kind of housing that is. A big majority of Americans can afford to rent apartment units, but "but we're constructing private homes that are unaffordable for the public at large,'he sat d. Cymrot and San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein agreed that ways must be found to make construction,I of apartments financially attractive to private builders, although neither' said that would be easy. Other witnesses stressed the impor- tance of retaining present apartment buildings, saving them from aban- donment, arson,demolition and con- version to condominiums when possible. Kenneth Phillips,a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and a housing adviser to the govern- ment, said preservation of existing multi-family housing is "most criti- cal"to the poor.Older buildings soon may be all they can find, let alone afford,he said.