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Rental Housing Inspection Program

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The purpose of the Rental Housing Inspection Program is to address the event of substandard rental properties, promote greater compliance with health and rubber standards and preserve the quality of Sacramento'south neighborhoods and available housing. The program achieves compliance of health, safety and welfare code violations in/on residential rental backdrop that are a threat to the occupant'due south condom, structural integrity of the building, and a negative impact on the surrounding neighborhoods.

NEW! Registration can now be done online:

Registration Course

Exemption Grade

To register

Owners of rental property are required to submit a Rental Housing Program Registration Form for each rental property owned. The registration grade is used to confirm the number of units on each packet and to collect contact information for the owner, and any Local Contact Representative they want to act on their behalf.

If yous received a registration packet by mail, but would adopt to register online, please click here. This link can also be used to update data for an existing registered property such equally a alter in mailing address, phone number or email, or updating the Local Contact Representative on file. If you believe your holding to be exempt from the Rental Housing Inspection Programme, or if you lot received a packet for a property that has since sold, please complete and return the Awarding for Exemption course. To submit the form online, please click here.

For additional information regarding exemptions, delight see the Exemptions section below.

While we make every effort to send packets to potential property owners, it is ultimately the owners' responsibility to annals each property whether or non they are contacted by the City.

Program fees

The Rental Housing Inspection Program collects fees to help comprehend the cost of the plan administration and for the inspection(southward) performed past the inspectors.

Rental Housing Inspection Program Fee	$sixteen per rental housing unit
Unit Inspection Fee	$127 per each new rental unit inspected past the program

Additional fees would be imposed only if the property is not brought into compliance within 30 days of the initial inspection, if the inspection date is not kept by the owner or responsible political party or if the annual fee is non paid to the City in a timely manner. Missed appointments or appointments not rescheduled within 7 agenda days of the appointment date are subject to a fee of $80.

Detailed information

Inspections: Once a property is registered with our plan, it will be scheduled for an inspection. Inspection notices are sent to the holding owner providing them with two weeks' notice of the date and time of the inspection. A dissever find is sent to the tenant at the rental holding address. The inspection date letter includes a sample inspection checklist and a Tenant Consent to Enter class, which tin can be used by the tenant if they cannot be present for the inspection. If violations are found during the initial inspection, the possessor is given xxx days to brand the corrections. If all violations are not corrected before the 30-mean solar day progress inspection, an Authoritative Notice and Order may be issued. Properties taking more than 30-days to complete repairs are required to be inspected the post-obit year and pay a $127 re-inspection fee.
Self-Certification Plan: If no violations exist on the property at the time of the initial inspection or if the violations are corrected before the 30-day re-inspection, the inspector volition issue an approved inspection checklist and the property volition be placed in the Cocky-Certification Programme. The Self-Certification Program requires owners to perform their own inspections of each rental unit on an annual (agenda year) basis and upon any alter in tenancy. Owners volition exist provided with "Self Certification" checklists to exist completed at each inspection. The completed cocky-certification inspection checklists must be retained past the owner for a period of three years from the engagement of the inspection(s).
Random Inspections of Self-Certified Properties: The Rental Housing Program randomly inspects 10% of the properties that have been self-certified to verify that the belongings is maintained. If the holding is found in compliance, the property will continue in the Self-Certification Program. Equally long as the property is maintained and no violations exist, the property will continue in the Cocky-Certification Plan. If the property does not laissez passer inspection, it will no longer be eligible for the Cocky-Certification Program and volition be subject to annual inspections until such time as information technology does pass inspection. The toll for the standing inspection is $127 per each unit inspected.
Exemptions: The plan requirements use to all residential rental housing units, all the same some rental housing units may be exempt under certain conditions. Exemption categories include units that are regularly inspected by some other agency or rental backdrop that are less than five (5) years old. If whatsoever of these circumstances exist, a property owner must submit an Application for Exemption to the Community Evolution Department. Exemptions will be reviewed for compliance with the program. If the exemption is found to exist invalid, or if more than information is needed, you lot will be contacted past telephone or past postal service. To submit an Application for Exemption online, please click here.
Local Contact Representatives: Property owners who reside exterior of the Sacramento area are required to have a "Local Contact Representative" who tin be available to attend inspections and respond to notices on the possessor's behalf. This person may be your belongings manager, a friend or relative or your tenant. A space is provided on the registration grade for the Local Contact Representative'south contact data and signature.
Residents Rights Class: The City of Sacramento has partnered with the Rental Housing Clan (or "RHA") to develop a "Residents Rights " form. This form is to be provided to each new tenant prior to taking occupancy. The course tin can be downloaded from our web page or provided by mail. Information technology is also available on the Rental Housing Association web page at www.rha.org. The Rental Housing Association is a non-profit organization serving rental owners and property managers in the Sacramento Valley region since 1951. Members of the clan own or manage over 80,000 rental properties, from single-family homes to apartment communities.