Washington Post
Virginia -- Fairfax County will seek state approval to impose criminal fines and jail time on landlords who allow single-family homes to be jammed with tenants.
The Board of Supervisors agreed yesterday to ask the General Assembly for authority to fine landlords or homeowners $2,500 a day and send them to jail for up to a year for violating the county's limit of four unrelated people under one roof -- a stiffer penalty than called for under the existing zoning ordinance, which has resulted in fines of $100 a day at most, said Michael Congleton, the county's deputy zoning administrator for enforcement.
Posted by Richard at December 7, 2005