Housing Authority

As required by HUD, the Housing Authority's Inspection Unit conducts more than 12,000 inspections for the various programs that the Housing Authority operates, ensuring that each leased unit meets the program guidelines. 

The various inspections that the Housing Authority performs include:

• Initial inspections - the first inspection of the unit before a lease can be signed and the participant can move in
• Biennial inspections – an inspection of each unit must be completed within 24 months of the previous inspection to ensure compliance with housing quality standards.
• Annual inspections - an inspection of each unit at least every 364 days to ensure compliance with housing quality standards
• Re-inspections and subsequent inspections - which are follow-ups to annual inspections which need some type of corrective actions
• Special inspections - the Housing Authority is informed by the participant, the landlord or a neighbor that there is a problem/complaint with the leased unit and some type of corrective action may be needed
• Quality Control inspections - when a supervisor re-inspects a unit to ensure the quality of the inspection and to ensure that the unit meets all of the HUD requirements

It is the responsibility of both the owner and tenant that each leased unit meet the inspection guidelines as established by HUD and the Housing Authority. Failure to meet and correct any inspection failures could lead to termination of the lease with the owner and eviction of the tenant.

• Inspection checklist
• Commonly failed inspection items
• Pre-Annual Inspection checklist
• Inspection Pictures
• HUD/EPA Pamphlet- "Protect Your Family From Lead in Your Home"
• Pathways to a Healthy and Safe Home

National Healthy Homes Month

HUD's Office of Lead Hazard Controland Healthy Homes (OLHCHH) is leading the efforts for National Healthy Homes Month (NHHM). With the support and collaborationof other federal agencies and partners, NHHM aims to provide a deliberate, coordinated, and holistic approach to creating healthy and safe homes. Thisholistic approachinvolves integratingactivities related to: 

1. Childhood lead poisoning prevention
2. Residential asthma intervention
3. Injury prevention
4. Smoke free public housing
5. Safe indoor pest control
6. Radon Safety
7. Disaster Recovery

The target audiences for these activities include state and local government agencies, nongovernmental organization, nonprofit organizations, property owners and individual families,particularlythose with youngchildren.

Please see below for additional documention: 

• 5 Minutes To A Healthier Home
• Is Your Home Healthy?
• Protecting Kids From Lead Poisoning
• Carbon Monoxide Sources In Your Home
• Bathroom Safety - Slips and Falls
• Your Fire Safety Checklist
• Keeping Your Pet-Friendly Home Healthy
• Pool Safety
• OLCHCHH Grantee Contact List