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CrimeandCollaboration <br />ThetroubledbuildingsintheCityofRosevillearenotonlyplaguedbypropertymaintenancecode <br />violationsbutalsobyaconcentrationofcrime.Thesetwoproblemstogetherleadthecitytousea <br />disproportionateamountoftimeandresourcesintryingtoalleviatehealthandsafetyissuesinone <br />particulararea.TheRosevillePoliceDepartmentdoescurrentlyofferatemplateforacrimefreelease <br />addendumthatcanbeusedbyrentalpropertyownersasanadditiontotheirleaselanguage.Requiring <br />thatlandlordsincludethistypeoflanguageintheirleasecanprovideatoolforthemtoevictserious <br />problemtenantswhenneeded.Thiscouldbereinforcedbystrengtheningrelationshipsandinformation <br />sharingbetweentheinspections,police,andfiredepartments.Additionally,theliteraturereview <br />sectionofthisresearchfoundthatitisoftenthecasethatlandlordsfeelthey7š“x·havethesufficient <br />supportorresourcestopreventcrimeintheirproperties.Improvingthequalityofrelationships <br />betweenrentalpropertyownersanddesignatedpolicedepartmentstaffcouldleadtoimprovementsin <br />theconcentrationofcrimeinparticularbuildings. <br />Education <br />Manycitiesdoconductperiodicmeetingswithlandlordsintheircommunities.Thesemeetingsinclude <br />theparticipationofstafffrominspections,police,andfiredepartmentsandaddressissuesthat <br />landlordsarefacing,suchasprovidingsupportandresourcesandencouraginggoodproperty <br />maintenancepractices.Additionally,somecitiesrequireparticipationinthesemeetingsaspartoftheir <br />rentallicensingordinance.Thesemeetingscouldalsobeusedtofulfillrequirementscitieshave <br />regardingattendanceofacrimefreemultihousingactivity. <br />InspectorsintheCityofRosevilledescribeasituationinwhichtenantsarenotawareoftheirrightsorof <br />citypropertymaintenancestandards.Providingwritteninformationinseverallanguagestotenants <br />couldimprovetheirawarenessoftheirrightstofileacomplaintaswellastheirknowledgeonhowtodo <br />so. <br />24 <br /> <br />