up
Budget Year / Version:
anchor

Program Description

  Housing Code Enforcement

This program enforces Chapter 26 of the County Code, Housing Maintenance, by inspecting rental condominiums, multi-family apartments, and single-family housing to ensure safe and sanitary conditions; Chapter 48, Solid Wastes; and Chapter 58, Weeds, the County's residential weeds and rubbish codes. Approximately 80 percent of the single-family inspections result from tenant and/or neighbor complaints; other inspections are the result of concentrated code enforcement efforts in specific areas. The multi-family inspections are based on a requirement for triennial inspections and in response to tenant and/or neighbor complaints. This program is supported by the collection of single-family and apartment/condominium licensing fees.

Explore
anchor
Program Contacts

Contact Pofen Salem of the Department of Housing and Community Affairs at 240-777-3728 or Anita Aryeetey of the Office of Management and Budget at 240-777-2784 for more information regarding this department's operating budget.

anchor

Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY24Actual FY25Estimated FY26Target FY27Target FY28
Number of single-family housing code enforcement repeat offenses: 2 or more cases in a 2-year period403 333368368368
Number of single-family housing code enforcement repeat offenses that are deemed a health safety risk: 2 or more cases in a 2-year period107 101959595
Number of multi-family housing code enforcement repeat offenses: 2 or more cases in a 2-year period321397332332332
Number of multi-family housing code enforcement repeat offenses that are deemed a health safety risk: 2 or more cases in a 2-year period3942383838
Number of Housing Code Enforcement inspections 1106,28798,625102,456102,456102,456
Housing Code Enforcement Program Customer Service - Number of MC311 Service Requests 7,1798,3727,5957,5957,595
Housing Code Enforcement Program Customer Service - Percent of MC311 Service Requests meeting service length agreement96.0%92.9%95.0%95.0%95.0%
Code Enforcement - Number of violations per unit2.61.82.22.22.2
Code Enforcement - Average severity of violations per unit 2.22.32.22.22.2
Percent of cases that achieve voluntary compliance in code enforcement cases before a citation is written85.0%76.9%78.0%78.0%78.0%
1  In FY24, the methodology for this measure was revised to include all inspections (both initial and follow-up) to more accurately reflect the workload of the Code Enforcement program.
anchor

Program Budget Changes

FY27 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY26 Approved664176342.50
Increase Cost: Takoma Park Code Enforcement Contract174490.00
Decrease Cost: Miscellaneous Operating Expenses-80820.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.4199650.00
FY27 Recommended707109542.50