Guaranteed way to make landlords care about crumbling apartments
from the article.
"From our perspective, this is not about controlling rent," says Faith Lumsden, the director of code compliance in the Seattle Department of Construction and Inspections. "But boy oh boy, we finally found a way to connect the key minimum standards of our housing code to the heart of that property owner’s business enterprise."
"All we’re asking is that they be ready to verify that they meet the code, or fix something, or the rent can't go up."