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Page 1of 5 Part 2: Sanctions? Fines? Fridley's assistant fire chief. The Jaweeds declined multiple requests for Charges? None have put interviews. the landlords out of Public records and interviews with city inspectors show the back-and-forth between them and the business officials who repeatedly try to make them comply with regulations. Court documents also show how the brothers have By Elizabeth Mohr and MaryJo Webster made it difficult for tenants, creditors and city Pioneer Press officials to pinpoint who owns their buildings and is responsible for payments. Updated: 01/18/2011 03:00:59 PM CST EACH CITY IS ON ITS OWN Hyder Jaweed and Asgher Ali have figured out how to skirt the rules, say numerous housing inspectors. The lack of an overarching statewide system for regulating rental housing means that each city is on The landlords — who have owned at least 17 rental its own in dealing with problem landlords. There properties in the Twin Cities and Rochester over the isn't anything stopping a landlord who gets in past 10 years — allow problems such as bedbugs, trouble in one city from moving on and doing the cockroaches, mold and leaking pipes to fester, same thing elsewhere. ignoring complaints from residents and failing to make repairs until faced with sanctions that would Some cities rely on the courts, sometimes resorting hit their pocketbook, according to public records to criminal charges that carry heavy fines. Others and interviews with tenants and former employees. rely on rental licensing and administrative fines. Inspectors say the properties owned by the Jaweed In most cities, a building must pass inspection brothers are usually a revolving door of problems, before a rental license is granted, and the license taxing overworked and underfunded rental serves as something valuable the city can take away inspection programs. if housing code violations are not remedied. Typically, buildings are inspected annually. Jaweed, 34, and Ali (aka Jaweed), 29, are "the worst of the worst," said Rochester's manager of housing Inspectors say the vast majority of landlords take inspections, Susan LeGare-Gulden. care of their properties as part of doing good Despite rental license revocations, multiple citations advertisement for code violations, liens, bankruptcies and foreclosures, the brothers have remained in the rental business for 10 years — while their tenants often live in problem-riddled buildings. Inspectors say the Jaweeds are great at stalling — Inspectors say the Jaweeds are great at stalling — Inspectors say the Jaweeds are great at stalling — not applying for a rental license in a timely manner, not applying for a rental license in a timely manner, not applying for a rental license in a timely manner, not showing up for scheduled inspections and not not showing up for scheduled inspections and not not showing up for scheduled inspections and not fixing housing-code violations until after fixing housing-code violations until after fixing housing-code violations until after inspectors make two or three return visits. Then, at inspectors make two or thre e return visits. Then, at inspectors make two or thre the last minute, they pay the bills to keep the the last minute, they pay the bills to keep the the last minute, they pay the bills to keep the utilities from being shut off or fix the housing code utilities from being shut ofutilities from being shut off or fix the housing code utilities from being shut of utilities from being shut ofutilities from being shut off or fix the housing code violations to avoid being sanctioned. violations to avoid being sanctioned. "They pull throughwhenit'sclutchtime,"saidJohnCrelly, htt://www.twincities.com/fdc?uniue=131842761027210/12/2011 ppq