One landlord twice converted his duplex into an illegal rooming house. Three landlords ignored city orders to make repairs, and one couple owed back taxes on their properties.
All have been banned from the Minneapolis landlord business for five years by the City Council, after each landlord accumulated at least two rental-license revocations.
Earlier this year, the city began posting an online list of banned landlords and properties with revocations, condemnations and suspensions.
Last week, the council's regulatory, energy and environment committee recommended another tool to crack down on negligent landlords: denying them any new rental licenses for three years if they owe city fees or fines.
Here are the Minneapolis landlords given five-year suspensions in 2010. I found details of the conduct that led to the revocations in hearing officer reports for the Department of Regulatory Services.
Todd and Tracy Cushman: The city revoked two licenses in 2009 and another seven last year. Most of the properties were in north Minneapolis. The 2009 revocations, for properties on 1st Avenue S. and Bryant Avenue N., stemmed from delinquent assessments on the properties.
Randy Olson and Jennifer Deboer: In 2009, the city revoked licenses for three properties owned by Olson and Deboer. For one property on Upton Avenue N., Olson took three years to make repairs and racked up $5,000 in fines.
Two of their rental properties on Dupont Avenue N. never had licenses in the first place. Olson was fined $2,000 and told to obtain licenses. He also was fined $200 for vehicles parked in a yard.
