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Neighborhood Services & Enforcement inspects owner-occupied housing, commercial properties, secondary structures (ex: garages, sheds, fences), and vacant rentals. Occupied residential rental structures are inspected through the Rental Safety Verification Program under the Health and Housing team .
NOTE: The number of days an owner is given to repair the property varies based on the type of violation. There are also special circumstances/emergency situations which may cause this process to be sped up.
Common Housing Violations include: roofs that are not weather tight, substandard or inoperable plumbing, electrical wiring or heating systems, deteriorated and unsound structures, open cracks and breaks in foundation walls, lack of adequate heat and hot water, holes and rotting boards in exterior walls.
View the Neighborhood Neighborhood Services & Enforcement brochure.
View the Landlord Registration brochure.
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