Although Ofsted employs its own in -
house team of inspectors, the agency contracts out the majority of inspections to a handful of private - sector and nonprofit organizations via a competitive bidding process.
The plan calls for independent oversight
of the city's
Housing Preservation Department; establishing a public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount of time and then billing the landlord; making inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on viol
Housing Preservation Department; establishing a public education campaign to inform tenants about HPD's role; empowering a new body or building
inspectors to collect fines against landlords; having HPD make repairs not completed by the landlord in the specified amount
of time and then billing the landlord; making
inspectors carry citations in multiple languages and send out reports in multiple languages; forcing landlords to make repairs within 24 hours
of emergency violations; establishing an East Harlem HPD oversight
team as a pilot for other areas with at - risk low - income
housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on viol
housing; providing inspections 24 - hours - a-day, 7 - days - a-week; and improving HPD's follow - up on violations.
But a different kind
of team: I elected to surround myself by other experts (so I never had to try to do their jobs): trusted and skilled mortgage brokers, appraisers, bank people, special lawyers, accountants, home
inspectors, florists,
house cleaners, lawn care people, babysitters, local school staff, dry cleaners, doctors, dentists, hospital special needs contacts, tile installers, paint, wallpaper people, hotel people (for relo care), any ancillary help that might be needed on demand.