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You can find regulations for the Housing Choice Voucher Program (Section 8) through HUD or by going to the Code of Federal Regulations.
*Thanks. These are the same HUD hqs requirements I have already gone over repeatedly. *

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In terms of state regulation, you can investigate with the state to see if additional regulations apply. Start here.

For local regulations, check with the local government. You need to look at municipal regulations in addition to county regulations.

For broader regulations of all rental units, check state law, as well as state and local regulations.
*I have searched EVERYWHERE. I have looked at state code, public health, code enforcement, fire marshall/fire dept codes, laws and regulations. NOTHING describes ACTUAL law or regulations as to specifics that apply. IE: required to have 2 feet egress. Required to keep storage at 6 feet or 5 feet in an unused closed off room. etc.*

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You are not entitled to engage in behaviors that others are reasonably going to interpret as dangerous hoarding, or as leaving the unit in an unsanitary condition such that it creates potential risk to occupants or other tenants, or could attract insects and vermin.
*Please don't misunderstand. My apartment is clean. We live in a complex surrounded by rats, roaches and all manner of bugs. I do not have ANY in my unit. Not even baby ants. The occasional fruit fly not withstanding, we are infestation free.
My unit does not attract these.*

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You're not going to get anywhere by pretending that a prohibition on stacking objects in five foot (or higher) stacks means that you can't have bookshelves.
*I'm trying to locate ANY written legal requirements that says I cannot have a box of photos on the top of my bookshelf, or my sons transformers toy box on a stack of other boxes.
In my living room, the storage boxes ARE BELOW 5 FEET. On top of them is a transformers toy in the box, a headphones box, a empty popcorn tin. Those extend "above 5 feet" thats what he's referring to.
I also have a collection of teddy bears on top of a rolltop desk, which reach above 5 feef
This is my point... Its not unsanitary, not a fall hazard and not "dangerous hoarding" which, by the way, is the compulsive collecting of items that have no value, even when they are no longer useful....IE: stacks of newspapers, bags of garbage, tons of empty laundry bottles. The items in my boxes are from my garage which was storage. These include a coca cola and rubber duckie collection, transformer collection and seasonal clothing. When we moved, mine and my sons collections could not be displayed properly, and were put into storage. *

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Your unit has to pass the same inspection others do. You cannot pass an inspection. if your unit is a fire hazard. You cannot pass an inspection if your unit is unsanitary.
*I'm WELL aware of this... I'm asking for the legal requirements that determine if a unit is a fire hazard or unsanitary. I do not believe my unit is. While my apartment is fuller than some, it's clean, stacked safely and safe.
Every cord or wire is carefully covered or taped down with black duct tape. My husband and I both have physical disabilities that can cause falls from a cord, so everything is carefully covered. Even a carpet at the door or entrance to the kitchen is carefully taped down for safety.*

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Did you know the inspection was coming ? If you did. Your unit should have been clean. If you cannot keep your unit clean due to Your Disabilities. You can ci tact Medicaid and ask for Long Term Personal Care Services. You may or may not qualify. A state evaluator will evaluate you and decide. If you are disabled according to SSA. You can request Reasonable Accommodations. Ask for extra time to get your unit so it will pass. Housing may or may not grant the request.
*I'm not sure why you're assuming that my unit was some atrocious mess. If I'm attempting to fight my failed inspection and searching for their requirements, one could infer that I believe my house SHOULD HAVE PASSED.
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If this was your first inspection.You need to have everything taken care of by the second one. If not, if they fail you. You will more than likely lose your housing assistance. You can appeal the decision. But that does not mean you will win an appeal
*I have been on section 8 for many years. Yearly inspections are norm. I'm ACUTELY aware of what's necessary to pass the inspection. This is why this fail has me stumped... But thanks for giving all kinds of information I didn't ask for. If by chance you have SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE of the laws or where to locate these laws, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ASSIST. But you're sitting here explaining how an inspection works is a waste of time. I know how it works better than you, I'm sure.*

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How you view the regulations does not matter. It is how the inspector and housing view them that matters.
*actually "how you VIEW" the regulations implies that you can pick and choose your interpretation. This is incorrect. Im not trying to interpret them to fit me. I'm trying to LOCATE THE LEGAL STANDARDS to make sure I'm abiding by THEM, and not whatever personal standards the inspector has.
The inspector felt like MEDICAL DEVICES MEANT TO BE IN MY TUB that WERE in my tub made my bathroom "unsanitary".
My bathroom was clean.

So again... I'm not looking for conjecture, advice, inspection descriptions or your assumptions of how I live. I'm looking for LEGAL REGULATIONS THAT DESCRIBE
Fall/tripping hazard, fire hazard, sanitation and any hqs requirements King County has that HUD does not.*