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I must disagree in one perspective. "As a tenant; you are required to allow annual inspections of the unit,these serve 2 purposes; to protect the tenant from landlords who do not do repairs and to protect the landlord from tenants who would damage the property/move in more people" These inspections protect the tenant from LLs who won't repair, true. But they do nothing to protect the LL. They don't stop tenants from doing damages (and the LL must repair all damages that cause the unit to fail inspection and TRY to collect later from the tenant). And they do nothing to stop tenants from moving extra people in. Tenants are notified weeks in advance of the inspection date/time. They can simply hide the extra occupant(s) until the inspector leaves. Tenants can fail to list the extra occupant's income on their paperwork. If the tenant fails to comply with paperwork requirements, the LL must bear the brunt of the cost to remove the tenant who can no longer afford the unit. This does nothing to help the LL.
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