Rental Housing Inspection

A rental housing program will assist the owner and the tenant of problems that are occurring in the building and housing units. This program, when working with the owner and lessee provides a way to maintain a quality of life and a maintained structure which shows well for the community. An inspection can consist of the following:

1. Inspections can be set on a one, two or three year program.

2. The inspection consists of notification to the owner and tenant as to when the inspection would take place. Generally the tenant can leave a list of items they wish to be inspected during the inspection process.

3. The building would also be inspected for such items as broken windows, safe decks, rot, poor sidewalks, etc.

4. A list of corrections (if any) would be created and discussed with the owner. A time frame would be created for those corrections. Generally, if it is a large item, for instance, window replacement, a longer time frame would be needed.

5. A re-inspection would be required after all of the corrections are completed.

6. Once the program is started, each inspection should be less as far as corrections.

The housing code is a tool for providing a quality of life for the tenant and maintaining a quality rental building for the community.