The Carlisle Borough Rental Ordinance was enacted January 2012 and since then many residents feel they don’t know the details about what it provides to the community. Our neighborhood should benefit from this ordinance because over 50% of homes in the NW corner are rentals. Renters should be able live in a home that does… Read More Community Invitation to Review Rental Ordinance
We are very happy the Sentinel sent someone to cover the Rental Housing Forum that the East Side Neighbors coordinated. Here is a recap of the meeting. Click on the image or link below for the full text. Read Full Article Here
From the Sentinel: After more than an hour of discussion, Carlisle Borough Council passed its contentious rental housing ordinance by a vote of 4-2. Council members Don Grell and Matt Madden cast the dissenting votes, while council members Linda Cecconello, Dawn Flower, Robin Guido and Tim Scott voted in favor. Council President Perry Heath, who… Read More Carlisle rental housing ordinance passes, issues raised
Staff Report Shows Task Force Recommendations Easy to Implement By Morellis The Carlisle Borough staff prepared a report on implementing the Rental Housing Task Force recommendations. SoSo acquired the report through a Right To Know request. Borough staff can implement the recommendations at little to no cost, the report said. So, there would appear to… Read More Rental Housing Task Force Update
From the Sentinel: According to data presented during the initial meeting of the Carlisle rental housing task force Wednesday night, rental properties received more code violations in 2010 than any other type of property in the borough. All told, 367 violation letters, phone calls or other forms of contact were made to property owners… Read More Rental housing task force outlines the job at hand
This notice has been posted on the Borough’s website: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Borough of Carlisle that the Rental Housing Task Force will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at Town Hall, 53 West South Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Interested citizens are invited… Read More Rental Housing Task Force meeting open to the public
From the Sentinel: Carlisle Borough Council is expected to name residents to a task force tonight that will study concerns and propose possible solutions to problems generated by rental properties. In December, council members put a call out to residents who wished to serve on the task force. The task force will be composed of… Read More Rental housing task force members to be announced
Thank you to anyone who came out to the borough council meeting last night! A task force will be created to look at the ordinance and this is definitely a step in the right direction. You can read the full story from the Sentinel below. At the start of Thursday night’s Carlisle council meeting,… Read More Carlisle’s proposed landlord ordinance sent to task force
Carlisle West Side Neighbors 