How To Deal With Slumlords

[Mark N.A]

Where I'm at the actions of just a scant few slumlords have resulted in:

-- Angry neighborhood groups uniting together to demand landlord registration with the right of inspections...
-- City council members proposing a special 'landlord tax'...
-- Stricter codes that fine landlords instead of tenants if a tenant's grass is over 8 inches or if they park in the yard and so on...
-- Code enforcement being handed over to the police department...
-- Stricter enforcement of existing codes -- as in five boards piled in a yard can constitute 'construction debris' and result in a fine...
-- A majority view that all landlords are evil and greedy...

And I could go on!

But the bad fact is that just a few slumlords are making it harder for the rest of us to do business.

Anyone got any ideas on how to get through to these short-sighted knuckleheads?