RandyO,
most inspectors i deal with put thier pants on one leg at a time as i do.

i've led many through slums here that i would'nt let my dog live in, forget people

they can only operate to certain boundries, the slumlords know it, and are just as frustrated

some situations have degraded so badly that simple lifesafety issues ( NFPA 101) is cited as the fix, $ for $ it is probably a prudent call with these sorts...

the only other avenue here is the Fire Marshal, the state has apparently granted them 'teeth' of considerable caliber

late month i ratted out one absolutley ignorant raise-the-hair-on-yer-neck slum to the fire marshal......

.......yep it was that bad