Headline: Wisconsin Public Radio, 5/13/2025
Anya van Wagtendonk neglects to point out that Vos is a landlord:
The fire, which left five people dead and about 100 displaced, took place Sunday in a 1968 building that did not have a sprinkler system. Those have been required in buildings taller than 60 feet since 1974, but older buildings were grandfathered in under the law.
Vos said retrofitting old buildings could lead to increased housing costs.
“I think we really have to think about that and what the potential ramifications are before we just pass a mandate that might feel good for the moment, but make people homeless, drive up costs and certainly not have the intended effect,” he told reporters Tuesday.
Asked if he would support requiring all grandfathered buildings to be updated with fire safety systems like sprinklers, Vos said it could worsen the state’s housing crisis.
“The last thing that we want to do is to make it even more expensive to own a home or to rent an apartment,” he said. “Obviously, if you add on additional costs, landlords aren’t going to eat that. That would be passed along in higher.
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