The San Diego City Attorney’s Office has established a unit dedicated to various housing issues, from code violations to substandard rental conditions, officials said Wednesday.

The Housing Protection and Civil Code Compliance Unit, according to City Attorney Heather Ferbert, aims to ensure that housing in San Diego is “safe, fair, and livable.”

The unit, Ferbert said in a news release, will take a “focused approach” to addressing persistent code violations, substandard conditions, unfair business practices and “patterns or practice of violating” the city’s Tenant Protection Ordinance or the Short-Term Residential Occupancy Ordinance.

Attorneys assigned to the unit will pursue civil enforcement legal action against repeat violators and attempt to resolve public nuisance issues that, off

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