Lafayette fines former Purdue basketball player who won’t fix rentals with no heat

The $5,000 civil penalty is a first for Lafayette. City accuses Stephen Toyra of ignoring orders to fix near-downtown rental with no heat, limited electricity, backed up plumbing and busted windows

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LAFAYETTE ISSUES FIRST-EVER $5,000 CIVIL PENALTY TO LANDLORD WHO WON’T FIX UNITS

A Lafayette board assigned to make decisions over the worst of the city’s housing properties issued a $5,000 civil fine – the first in the board’s history – against a former Purdue basketball player who ignored orders to fix a near-downtown four-plex he rents with no heat, limited electricity and tenants who told inspectors they had no other place to go.

Toyra Enterprises was accused of not addressing a series of code violations for this house at 1214 Brown St. in Lafayette. (Photo: Dave Bangert)