She was also cited for illegally charging tenants for electricity in common areas, costs that are supposed to be borne by the landlord, ISD spokesman John Dorsey said. Davis-Mullen said the probe is political.
Officials deny that.
The charges come a little more than a year after Davis-Mullen left her native South Boston to move to West Roxbury. ISD officials were called on Jan. 2 about possible violations by one of Davis-Mullen's tenants, Nancy Masciarelli. An inspection on Jan. 7 found a total of 14 violations of city and state code. Most were minor violations, including cracks in the casing of kitchen windows, a hallway partially blocked by chairs and boxes and missing kitchen tiling. Others were more serious, like faulty smoke detectors, holes apparently caused by mice and electricity unfairly charged to tenants.