As the City of Indianola is expected to cross the 15,000 population threshold in the 2020 census, Iowa law says the city must implement a Rental Inspection Program. Community and Economic Development Director Charlie Dissell tells KNIA News
“We’re going to look for feedback at a pair of meetings, for owners what to expect during an inspection process and what things should we be looking at in inspections. Then from a tenant standpoint what are some of the frequent things you see as a tenant with issues with rental properties, then we have some other information we have as far as resources that will be available for both.”
City of Indianola Intern Emily Rizvic tells KNIA News in addition to the public meetings, there is a survey on the city website.
“The survey is an opportunity for the residents of Indianola and also the rental community here to provide feedback on what the rental community looks like right now, what the market looks like, and to provide that feedback to the city.”
The city is hosting a pair of community feedback meetings on the program, held on August 5th and August 12th at 6pm at the Indianola Activity Center for renters, tenants, and property owners to attend. For more information on the program and the survey, click below.