Berlin Mayor Pressured on Rental Rules

With historic homes being emptied as residents pass away, town officials will likely expand proposals on how to keep tight codes to ensure new owners maintain the properties in top quality and preserve the historic architecture.

During the meeting of Berlin’s Historic District Commission on June 1, Commissioner Mary Moore expressed concern that historic homes such as Harrison House and Abbott House could be made into apartment housing if any new ownership might not keep up “the historic charm of the buildings.”

“My concern there is what can we do to beef up this rental code?” Moore said. “The Historic District is an area people really want to live in. We need to have a handle on rental properties.”

Berlin Mayor Gee Williams was in the audience, so Moore called him to the public speaker’s bench and she began sounding her concerns off him “to make sure someone spoke up on the issue.”

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