A proposal moving forward at Minneapolis City Hall seeks to pressure negligent landlords to uphold livable conditions in their properties.

Members of a city council committee voted Tuesday to pass the ordinance forward after listening to public testimony.

Under the ordinance, only Tier 3 properties — those with the most violations — would come before the council.

Andrew Fahlstrom testified about an experience he had walking with an inspector through a Tier 3 building. He described what happened after the inspector examined a hole in the ceiling.

“He touched it. An avalanche of roaches came down on his head, and he had to brush them off,” he said. “This is a license that had been automatically renewed by the City of Minneapolis in Tier 3 housing.”

Some people who testified in favor of

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