Environmental Health

Lesson 5: Tenant, Landord and City Responsibilities

An overview of consequences for non-compliance and Landlord, Tenant and City Responsibilities.

Consequences and Penalties for Non-Compliance

Objective(s):For participants to realize that there ARE potential consequences and penalties if they do not comply with the various regulations and standards.

Materials:Participant Pamphlet – pages xxx – xxx {Target URL placed here to specific section of pamphlet}

Instructions:

1. Explain to participants that there are numerous possible consequences involved for people who either intentionally or unintentionally do not comply with the various standards or regulations.
2. Explain that the primary consequence of non-compliance would be to cause exposure of their families to hazardous substances and therefore potentially causing someone in the family to become seriously ill.
3. Penalties for non-compliance can be as severe as to require the eviction of their family from the residence for extreme violations.
4. Discuss how knowing and understanding their role and responsibilities will help them in avoiding the potential health consequences or possible penalties.
5. Ask the group in the discussion area to identify what they think they can do to prevent any of these consequences or penalties from occurring.
6. Discuss items as they are identified by group members.

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