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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.

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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.

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Program Performance Measures

Program Performance MeasuresActual FY23Actual FY24Estimated FY25Target FY26Target FY27
Number of Housing Code Enforcement inspections 141,142106,287107,000108,000109,000
Housing Code Enforcement Program Customer Service - Number of MC311 Service Requests 7,2347,1797,5007,7008,000
Housing Code Enforcement Program Customer Service - Percent of MC311 Service Requests meeting service length agreement76.3%96.0%95.0%95.0%95.0%
Code Enforcement - Number of violations per unit2.22.62.32.32.3
Code Enforcement - Average severity of violations per unit 2.12.22.32.32.3
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.
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Program Budget Changes

FY26 Recommended ChangesExpendituresFTEs
FY25 Approved617671041.50
Add: Program Manager II to Support Increased Workload and Service Demands for Multifamily Inspections Resulting from Recently Implemented Legislation and Regulatory Changes. (Offset by Licensing Revenue)1109851.00
Increase Cost: Grant Funded Position to Be Funded with County Resources to Meet Federal Requirements391530.20
Re-align: Operating Expenses to Support Transcript Services for OLTA-100000.00
Decrease Cost: Grant Funded Position To Be Partially Funded with County Resources To Meet Federal Requirements-39153-0.20
Decrease Cost: Miscellaneous Operating Expenses-475000.00
Multi-program adjustments, including negotiated compensation changes, employee benefit changes, changes due to staff turnover, reorganizations, and other budget changes affecting multiple programs.4115680.00
FY26 Recommended664176342.50