Best Practice

Implement Local Licensing Requirements for Landlords

Local jurisdictions and their planning departments can implement local licensing requirements for landlords. Such a program can be difficult to implement and even harder to monitor, but the fees for such a program can be used to fund enforcement or outreach.

Cost

Cost will mostly consist of staff time; however, additional ongoing staff costs will be needed for program delivery.

Timeframe

1+ years to implement the policy change.

Code

Government, New Development, Rentals

Challenge

Affordable Housing

Practice Tool

Program

Population

Landlords, Renters

Setting

Urban