Dealing with municipal closings due to Coronavirus.

[Kyle Altenau]

I have a multifamily property in Asbury Park, NJ. I have one vacancy that I luckily got an application on last week before things started getting really crazy. Unfortunately the tenant didn't actually sign the lease until Monday, so we couldn't call for the CO inspection until then. By this time, all inspections were halted. So I figured they'd offer a temporary CO in the meantime. Basically they said, no move ins without CO's and no CO's are happening. 

My business partner also owns a construction company. He has several projects that are halted because he can't get inspections done. 

I assume other people are facing similar problems.

Has anyone experienced their local governments coming up with creative solutions to these issues? I'd like to go back to the city with some ideas on how to solve this while still respecting public health. The only thing I could think of was making Skype appointments or something similar to walk inspectors through the property, but I think that'd be incredibly difficult for the inspector to fully do their job. But maybe they could do it just as a temporary CO until things get better.