Rental Housing Inspection Habitability Program

LA County Board of Supervisors 4/16/24 meeting Agenda item #2 

Hearing on Ordinances Amending County Code, Title 8 - Consumer  Protection, Business and Wage Regulations  

Presentation

Revised hearing on ordinances for introduction, amending County Code,  Title 8 - Consumer Protection, Business and Wage Regulations Code, 

• by adding Chapter 8.53 - Rental Housing Inspection Habitability Program,  
  • which creates a new systematic inspection program that requires all rental housing properties within the unincorporated areas of the County to be  
    • routinely inspected once every four years, 
    • with an annual program fee  amount of $86, per unit per year, and 
• by adding Chapter 8.55 - Rent Escrow Account Program (REAP), 
  • which provides for a determination of rent reductions for rental housing properties that do not timely correct violations of habitability standards, 
    • along with an administrative fee of $137 per rental housing unit per month placed into REAP;
  • authorize the Director of Consumer and Business Affairs to execute one or more, competitively solicited contract(s), at a combined total amount of $486,000 per year, for
    • the provision of tenant and landlord outreach, 
    • training and education services under the REAP ordinance, 
    • effective upon the date of execution through June 30, 2028, with an option to extend thereafter for two additional one-year terms; and 
  • authorize the Directors of Public Health and Consumer and Business Affairs to execute one or more competitively solicited contract(s), or amend existing service contracts related to the implementation of the ordinances,
    • effective upon date of execution through June 30, 2025, with contract maximum obligations not to exceed $300,000 per service contract, 
    • funded by program fees and/or budgeted support for development and start-up costs for the first year of implementation. 

(Departments of Public Health and Consumer and Business Affairs) (Continued from the meeting of 3-12-24) (24-0831)

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