A Los Angeles city councilman said Tuesday he wants to regulate and potentially prohibit the rental of motorhomes and other vehicles to people who intend on living out of them.

Councilman Mitchell Englander, who represents the northwest San Fernando Valley, introduced a motion calling for rules to be set up around the activity, a day after L.A.’s NPR affiliate KPCC aired a story about individuals who purchase confiscated RVs and rent them out for as little as $10 a day throughout the city, including in the Valley.

Englander’s motion said a “dangerous environment” is created when there are no city codes to make sure a vehicle-based dwelling is safe and sanitary. There are such rules in place for other types of residences.

“A traditional landlord must comply with all city building codes and they must provide a safe and sanitary environment in order to rent out a house, apartment or a room, but there are currently no codes or regulations that regulate the rental of a vehicle for dwelling purposes,” Englander said.

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The motion says such vehicles dwellings often lack “running water, a reliable source of power and … a source for heating and/or cooling.”

The motion also says some vehicles don’t have a “reliable way to dispose of trash and sewage” as further concerns prompting the call for regulation.

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Englander said in a statement that his motion is aimed at getting rid of instances in which landlords engage in the “predatory practice” of offering “substandard living conditions to homeless individuals and those most vulnerable.”

Englander’s motion echoes the concerns of a San Fernando Valley-area Los Angeles Police Department officer, Sean Dinse, who was quoted in the KPCC story.

Dinse said he worries about the lack of regulations for vehicle dwellings lack, and also pointed to the potential for a “slumlord” landlord renting out motorhomes or vehicles that are unsafe for dwelling.

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Some of the sanitary concerns currently appear to be addressed through an informal economy, according to the KPCC report.

The report includes an interview with an individual, identified only as Rob, who buys RVs from a tow yard in Wilmington. After fixing them up and cleaning them, he rents the space out for about $10 a day.

The landlord works for a towing company. He in turn refers his tenants to an employee of a local porta potty company who makes extra income by emptying out RV septic tanks, the radio report says.

Rob, who said he has gone through his own bout of homelessness, uses the income he gets to help pay for his own $1,000 a month rent for a South L.A. apartment that he and his family live in.