Obligation of the Landlord
To provide and maintain a clean, safe, and well-planned environment for the enjoyment and benefit of our residents and their guests.
Professional rental housing
Code of Ethics of the Mercer County Landlords Association
An expression of principles of proper conduct in the pursuit of our industry as related to the public, our fellow landlords, our employees, tenants, and this organization.
Our commitments
Principles of proper conduct
Obligation to Our Organization
- To promote the spirit of this code and the objectives of our organization through the creation of chapters throughout West Virginia.
- To establish and maintain the highest level of reciprocal respect and goodwill with all segments of the association.
Obligations to the Public
- To conduct our individual businesses according to the highest professional standards.
- To treat ourselves and everyone we serve with respect and dignity.
- To be leaders and innovators in our fields, striving through everything we do to improve housing and provide it at a reasonable cost.
- To commit ourselves, individually and as a group, to pursue excellence and work every day to strengthen our community.
- To develop, through continual study, the highest degree of knowledge about being a landlord.
This Code of Ethics expresses the association's principles of conduct. Members remain responsible for following applicable federal, state, and local law.
Put the code into practice
Members receive chapter forms, education, private vacancy tools, and moderated rental-case resources designed to support fair and documented decisions.